LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas, in a carved and gilt wood frame

Measurements:

31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (height) by 37.91 in. (96.30 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Limerick, Art Gallery, Art Treasures in Thomond, 1952, no. 38; Dublin, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Exhibition of Paintings from Irish Collections, 1957, no. 22.

Literature:

R. Pallucchini, 'Veneti delle collezioni irlandesi', in Arte Veneta, 1957, p.258, fig. 263; R. Pallucchini, 'Miscellanea Piazzetesca', in Arte Veneta, XXII, 1968, p. 119; L. M. Jones, The paintings of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, New York University thesis 1981, p. 273, under cat. R21; A. Mariuz, L'opera completa di Piazzetta, Milan 1982, p. 82, no. 29.

Provenance:

Private Collection, Ireland; Thence by descent.