Le portrait de femme en Diane au château d'Anet

• Autores: Catherine Monbeig Goguel
• Localización: Revue de l'art, ISSN 0035-1326, Nº. 172, 2011, págs. 23-30
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • The portrait of a woman as Diana, oval on slate, in the Chateau d'Anet, which is proposed, here, for the first time, as attributed to Francesco Salviati, is not a portrait of Diane de Poitiers, as it has been said, but rather the portrait of a high ranking lady, whose splendid finery is ornamented with a cameo. On the cameo, are the Du Perrier arms. This important family came from the Dauphiné, which belonged to Diane de Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois. The fact that Salviati came to France in the service of the powerful Cardinal Charles de Lorraine, one of the figures closest to Diane de Poitiers, makes the tie with Anet very likely. The attribution to Salviati is based on stylistic grounds, in particular the resemblance with the personages in the large Roman frescoes in the Palazzo Sacchetti and in the Palazzo Farnese, as well as on the refined technique and the particularity of the support and the format. Salviati was known for his portraits on stone, for example, the oval Portrait d'homme in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier. This would be the first preserved work realized by Salviati during his stay in France (1556-1557).