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    Posted 7 years ago

    Celiene
    (71 items)

    Another of my beautiful women art.

    Simonetta Vespucci (1454-1476). This 6" plate is after the portrait of her by Piero di Cosimo (1462–1522) (See below).

    It was hand painted in Italy exclusively for the H. Liebes Department store in San Francisco (went out of business in 1970). Possibly the only one in existence for all I know! H. Liebes began as a fur trader in 1864 & furrier and expanded into an upscale department store.

    All from the web:

    "The name Simonetta Vespucci may not say much to many people, yet everyone knows her face. Considered the most beautiful woman of the Renaissance, "la bella Simonetta", as she was nicknamed, was praised by the poets and painted by the painters of her time. She's the inspiration, and the face, of one of the most famous paintings of all times, "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli."

    Simonetta, daughter of the nobleman Gaspare Cattaneo and his wife Catocchia Spinola, was born in Genoa in 1454. A lovely child, she grew into a stunning young woman. At 15, she married Marco Vespucci (he was a cousin of the famous explorer Amerigo) and moved with him to Florence, the capital of the Italian Renaissance.

    She may be depicted in the painting by Piero di Cosimo titled Portrait of a woman, said to be of Simonetta Vespucci that portrays a woman as Cleopatra with an asp around her neck and is alternatively titled by some individuals Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci. Yet how closely this resembles the living woman is uncertain, partly because if this is indeed a rendering of her form and spirit it is a posthumous portrait created about fourteen years after her death. Worth noting as well is the fact that Piero di Cosimo was only fourteen years old in the year of Vespucci's death. The museum that currently houses this painting questions the very identity of its subject by titling it "Portrait of a woman, said to be of Simonetta Vespucci", and stating that the inscription of her name at the bottom of the painting may have been added at a later date."

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    Comments

    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 7 years ago
      Celiene,
      This is truly spectacular!! What an incredible piece you have here. Your history write up is really great.
    2. Celiene Celiene, 7 years ago
      Thank you!
    3. racer4four racer4four, 7 years ago
      Divine.
    4. TassieDevil TassieDevil, 7 years ago
      Beautiful Celiene!!
    5. SEAN68 SEAN68, 7 years ago
      beautiful!!
    6. beyemvey beyemvey, 7 years ago
      Love the history too! - Cheers! - Bob
    7. Celiene Celiene, 7 years ago
      Thank you all!
    8. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 7 years ago
      Really lovely Celiene
    9. martika martika, 7 years ago
      Stunning!!!
    10. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 7 years ago
      Beautiful plate, beautiful woman, great write-up. Yay, you! :)
    11. Rick55 Rick55, 7 years ago
      What a lovely lady which has been beautifully painted Celiene!
    12. vetraio50 vetraio50, 7 years ago
      HAPPY NEW YEAR CELIENE !!! ! !!!
    13. Fondu192, 7 years ago
      Wow- I was so excited to come across your dish. I have one, also. There is not an assignation for the luxury retailer H. Liebes- but otherwise the painting was absolutely produced by the same hand! Signed Italy- only. The porcelain is itself incredibly fine and the painting & decoration are superb! Thanks for posting!
    14. Gillian, 7 years ago
      Absolutely brilliant. Congratulations.
    15. jeffiege, 6 years ago
      Hi there. This is a beautiful piece and it appears that we also have one ourselves, same handwriting on the back markings, simply stating "Simonetta Ve Spucci, Italy". There are subtle differences in the detail, such as the larger part of the snake's body around her shoulders are in reverse, whereby there are dots on your piece, they are crisscross on ours, vice versa. Also, the center large blue jewel in her hair is of red, matching the upper hair jewel piece. We have this as a two piece collection, the other small hand painted plate has the rear markings of "Il Musicista (Leonardo), Italy" and is a copy of the portrait of the Musician by Lenardo Da Vinci. They look great together.
    16. Passion4Cameos Passion4Cameos, 5 years ago
      How lovely!
    17. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 3 years ago
      outstanding I adore this one
    18. Celiene Celiene, 3 years ago
      Thank you all! It's interesting to see that other's have one, too, but with subtle differences!
    19. lmnopeas, 4 months ago
      Hi Celiene! While the producer of these plates clearly made more of these miniatures for the mass market, I believe this was part of a special set painted just for H Liebes as I can't find any duplicates. However, I recently stumbled upon a Baby Stuart by Van Dyck, and then saw another dealer with 2 other classical paintings for H. Liebe. I wonder how many there were? I am still in Oakland so my plate didn't travel very far.

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