LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on poplar panel

Measurements:

41.34 in. (105.00 cm.) (height) by 32.99 in. (83.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in monogram 'PoPP' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, In celebration: Works of art from the collections of Princeton alumni and friends of the Art Museum, 22 February-8 June 1997, no. 136.

Literature:

(Possibly) R. Borghini, Il Riposo, Florence, 1584, repr. facs. ed. M. Rosci, Milan, 1967. A. Giovannetti, Francesco Morandini detto il Poppi. I disegni. I dipinti di Poppi e Castiglion Fiorentino, exhibition catalogue, Poppi, 1991, pp. 19, 22 note 77, 31. A. Giovannetti, Francesco Morandini detto il Poppi, Florence, 1995, p. 102, no. 49, fig. 63.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale; Pandolfini, Florence, 7-11 October 1985, lot 673. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1994, lot 26, as Giovanni Battista Naldini (£67,500).