LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.75 in. (73.03 cm.) (height) by 31.87 in. (80.95 cm.) (width)

Condition:

Glue relined. A few scattered touches of old restoration. Crescent-shaped scrape with a small loss at the right margin approximately 8.5 inches up from the lower edge. A few losses from the skirt of the tall lady standing to the right of center, facing left.

Exhibited:

Sydney, Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales (and traveling), Splendor of the Baroque: Painting from Bologna, 1550 to 1750, May 21-Oct. 31, 1993

Literature:

Anna Coliva, Il Mastelletta (Rome, 1980), p. 97, no. 15, illus. pl. 15

Provenance:

Private collection, Rome Colnaghi, London Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York Exhibited: Sydney, Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales (and traveling), Splendor of the Baroque: Painting from Bologna, 1550 to 1750, May 21-Oct. 31, 1993 Literature: Anna Coliva, Il Mastelletta (Rome, 1980), p. 97, no. 15, illus. pl. 15 Note: After her initial publication of this work, Anna Coliva re-examined this painting, revising her opinion of its date to 1615.