Description
Elopment of Bianca Cappello
A finely detailed pen and ink.
Artist: Attributed John Robert Herbert 1810
Medium: Pen and Ink
Date: 1850 - 1860
Origin: British
Size: 9 x 7"
Provenance: Hill House
Notes & Literature: This picture is founded on an Italian tradition , on which Lady Lytton ( the wife of the great novelist) has written a novel. Bianca Capello was the wife of Cosmos I. , Duke of Milan , of the family of the Medici, and eloped with a gentleman of her husband's court, about the year 1560 ; they were followed and both were slain . Some historians say she was the mistress, not the wife of Cosmos I. However, in one thing all are agreed, that she was a woman of surpassing beauty John Robert
Condition: Very good
Subject References: Reference: Pictures and Painters of the English School 143F
A finely detailed pen and ink.
Artist: Attributed John Robert Herbert 1810
Medium: Pen and Ink
Date: 1850 - 1860
Origin: British
Size: 9 x 7"
Provenance: Hill House
Notes & Literature: This picture is founded on an Italian tradition , on which Lady Lytton ( the wife of the great novelist) has written a novel. Bianca Capello was the wife of Cosmos I. , Duke of Milan , of the family of the Medici, and eloped with a gentleman of her husband's court, about the year 1560 ; they were followed and both were slain . Some historians say she was the mistress, not the wife of Cosmos I. However, in one thing all are agreed, that she was a woman of surpassing beauty John Robert
Condition: Very good
Subject References: Reference: Pictures and Painters of the English School 143F
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John Robert Herbert 1810 - 1875
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JUNE GIGANTIC ESTATE AUCTION
Jun 13, 2026 10:00 AM EDTOtisville, NY, United States
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