LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

69.69 in. (177.00 cm.) (height) by 100.39 in. (255.00 cm.) (width)

Literature:

D. Graf and E. Schleier, "Guglielmo Cortese und Abraham Brueghel", in Pantheon, XXXI, January-March 1973, no. 1, p. 56, reproduced p. 55, fig. 11;; D. Graf, "Handzeichnungen van Guglielmo Cortese und Giovanni Battista Gaulli", in Kataloge des Kunstmuseums Düsseldorf, vol. III, 2/1, 1976, vol. I, p. 45, under cat. nos. 75-79;; L. Salerno, La natura morta italiana, Rome 1984, p. 190;; F. Zeri, La natura morta in Italia, Milan 1989, vol. II, p. 794, reproduced fig. 936;; L. Salerno, Nuovi studi su la natura morta italiana, Rome 1989, p. 82, reproduced fig. 73;; L. Trezzani in G. & U. Bocchi, Pittori di Natura Morta a Roma, Artisti Stranieri 1630-1750, Viadana 2005, p. 125, reproduced p. 130, fig. AB.12.

Provenance:

F. Trimnell, Avening Court, Tetbury, Gloucestershire; His deceased sale, 3-5 October 1972, lot 375; With B. Cohen and Sons, London; Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 December 1972, lot 83 (as Luca Giordano and Abraham Brueghel) for 4,200 Guineas to Fine Arts; J. Paul Getty, Sutton Place, Guildford, Surrey; Bequeathed to the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1978; By whom de-accessioned, New York, Christie's, 21 May 1992, lot 36, where acquired by the present collector.