Renaissance portrait of Jeanne Louse Tissie 1524
- Period
- 1524
- Origin
- Flemish
- Dimensions
- W 5 1/8" (frame 12")" × H 6 7/8" (frame 13 1/2")" × D 2"
- Reference
- #Marh3019
This piece has been sold. It is shown here for reference in our archive.
Description
Portrait oil on copper panel of Jeanne Louse Tissie, holding a red carnation, inscribed at the top “Anna Lois… Henri Cornell Agrippa conjunction Anno 1524 Aetatis sure 21 (his wife in the year 1524 aged 21) Agrippa’s father, Heinrich von Nettesheim, was a citizen of Cologne; nothing is known of his mother. Agrippa’s surname and epithet indicate both his birthplace (Cologne was formerly Colonia Agrippina) and the origin of his family (Nettesheim, a village near Cologne); his given names suggest a Dutch or Flemish influence. Agrippa married three times. His first wife, who came from Pavia and was married to him in 1514, died in 1518 in Metz. They had a son, Theodoricus, who was born in 1515 and died in 1522. Six children were born to his second wife, Jeanne Loyse Tissie, whom he married in Geneva in 1521; she died in 1528. A third union, apparently unhappy, took place the following year.
Label at the base dated Sept 14th, 1886, No2. James Gurney Esq, Small portrait of Anne Boleyn?
