LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

41.18 in. (104.60 cm.) (height) by 31.18 in. (79.20 cm.) (width)

Literature:

J. Pereira, "Bartolomé Passante y el 'Maestro del Anuncio a los pastores'", in Archivo Español de Arte, 1957, p. 220, reproduced plate V; G. de Vito, in Painting in Naples, 1606-1705: from Caravaggio to Giordano, exhibition catalogue, London, Royal Academy of Arts, October 2 - December 12, 1982, p. 194, under cat. no. 84;; G. de Vito, in Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli, exhibition catalogue, Naples, Museo di Capodimonte, October 24, 1984 - April 14, 1985, p. 345, cat. no. 2.147, reproduced;; G. de Vito, in La peinture napolitaine de Caravage à Giordano, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée Nationale du Grand Palais, May 24 - August 29, 1988, p. 232, under cat. no. 42; R. Enggass, "Review of the Exhibition in Naples, The Seicento", in The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXXVII, no. 983, February 1985, p. 121 (incorrectly identified as no. 2.144); F. Navarro, in Battistello Caracciolo e il primo naturalismo a Napoli, in exhibition catalogue, Naples, Castel Sant'Elmo, November 9, 1991 - January 19, 1992, p. 336, under cat. no. 2.109; G. de Vito, "Variazioni sul nome del Maestro dell'Annuncio ai pastori", in Ricerche sul '600 napoletano. Saggi e documenti 1996-1997, Naples 1998, p. 30, reproduced p. 47, fig. 24 (as Giovanni Dó).

Provenance:

Rovin Müller, London; Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1985, lot 85 (as The Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds); Dr. Carlo Croce, Philadelphia; By whom sold, New York, Christie's, 14 January 1993, lot 110 (as Bartolomeo Passante, also known as The Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds); With Mathiessen Fine Art, London, 1993; There acquired by the present collector.