LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

19.69 in. (50.00 cm.) (height) by 30.91 in. (78.50 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Chaucer Fine Arts, Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture, Works of Art, 26 May - 14 July 1989, no. 12.

Literature:

M.R. Nappi, François de Nomé e Didier Barra: l'enigma Monsù Desiderio, Milan 1991, p. 189, no. A 109, reproduced; M. Sary, M.R. Nappi, et. al., Enigma. Monsú Desiderio: un fantastique architectural au XVIIe siècle, exh. cat. Metz, Musées de la Cour d'Or, 6 November 2004 - 28 February 2005, Metz 2004, pp. 54-55, reproduced.

Provenance:

Private Collection, Germany; With Chaucer Fine Arts, London, by 1989; Private Collection, England; Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 24 January 2003, lot 88; Anonymous sale, Venice, San Marco Casa d'Aste, 1 July 2007, lot 12.