A Widowed Lady

The bust has been tentatively identified as Caterina Ginnasi, a painter, and the daughter of Faustina Ginnasi. It is evidently part of a wall monument and is stylistically similar to the monument of Faustina Ginnasi (died 1646), originally within Santa Lucia delle Botteghe Oscure in Rome (demolished in 1938) and now transferred to the chapel within the Palazzo Ginnasi, Rome. It was ascribed by an early source to Cosimo (1618-1688) and Giacomo Antonio (1619-1671) Fancelli. Both brothers trained with Bernini and assisted him on a number of major commissions.