Maximilian Pfeiler (Rome 18th Century)

Putti playing with fruit by an upturned urn of flowers

Details

Maximilian Pfeiler (Rome 18th Century)
Putti playing with fruit by an upturned urn of flowers
oil on canvas
68 x 97¼ in. (172.7 x 247 cm.)

Provenance

The Hon. Mrs. Aileen Plunket, Luttrelstown Castle, Co. Dublin; Christie's, 26-28 Sep. 1983, lot 472, as 'Abraham Brueghel' (£19,440 to the present owner).

Lot Essay

A version with figures by Francesco Trevisani is in the Schörnborn collection, Pommersfelden (see F. Zeri, La Natura Morta in Italia, Milan, 1989, p. 830, no. 986).

We are grateful to Professor Zeri for confirming the attribution to Pfeiler on the basis of a photograph. He believes that the figures in this picture may be by an assistant of Trevisani.

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