Attributed to Alessandro Magnasco, il Lissandrino (Genoa 1667-1749)
Attributed to Alessandro Magnasco, il Lissandrino (Genoa 1667-1749)

Camaldolese hermit monks in a wooded landscape

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Attributed to Alessandro Magnasco, il Lissandrino (Genoa 1667-1749)
Camaldolese hermit monks in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
39.5/8 x 29 in. (100.5 x 74.5 cm.)

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A painting of similar size showing similar monks in a different wooded landscape was formerly in the collection of Paolo Simeoni, Rome (see L. Muti and D. de Sarno Prignano, Alessandro Magnasco, Faenza, 1994, p. 252, no. 304, fig. 408, as the work of Magnasco and a pupil of Peruzzini).

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