Lot Essay
The original fresco, executed in 1648, decorates the cupola of the Chiesa Nuova, the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome.
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The Glorification of the Trinity with the Adoration of the Instruments of Passion
Details
After Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona
Cortona, P.
The Glorification of the Trinity with the Adoration of the Instruments of Passion
oil on canvas
38 x 38in. (97.2 x 97.8cm.)
Cortona, P.
The Glorification of the Trinity with the Adoration of the Instruments of Passion
oil on canvas
38 x 38in. (97.2 x 97.8cm.)
Provenance
Colonel and Mrs. C. Michael Paul, by whom given to the museum in 1961.
Literature
C. Cunningham, 'A Modello for Pietro da Cortona's Cupola of the Chiesa Nuova in Rome' in The Wadsworth Atheneum Bulletin, 1961, pp. 18-21. B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, 1972, pp. 165, 360 and 585 (as a copy).
G. Briganti, Pietro da Cortona o della pittura Barocca, 1982, pp. 250-1, 261 and 267-8.
J.K. Cadogan, Wadsworth Atheneum Paintings II: Italy and Spain, 1991, pp. 117-8.
G. Briganti, Pietro da Cortona o della pittura Barocca, 1982, pp. 250-1, 261 and 267-8.
J.K. Cadogan, Wadsworth Atheneum Paintings II: Italy and Spain, 1991, pp. 117-8.