Long-lost Strawberry Hill miniature attributed to Lavinia Fontana
A small oil portrait on copper, missing from view after the 1842 dispersal of Horace Walpole’s collection, resurfaced and returned to Strawberry Hill House for an exhibition. Walpole believed the work was by Bronzino and depicted Bianca Capello. The house now attributes it to Lavinia Fontana and lists the sitter as unidentified.
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