Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor George Knox for suggesting the possible attribution, on the basis of photographs.
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A shepherdess with a gourd and a peasant boy playing pipes
Details
Attributed to Domenico Maggiotto (Venice 1713-1794)
A shepherdess with a gourd and a peasant boy playing pipes
oil on canvas
23½ x 31.1/8 in. (59.7 x 79 cm.)
A shepherdess with a gourd and a peasant boy playing pipes
oil on canvas
23½ x 31.1/8 in. (59.7 x 79 cm.)
Provenance
Sir William Brooksbank, 2nd Bt. (b. 1915), Healaugh Manor, Yorkshire.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 12 May 1954, lot 151.
Anon. Sale ['removed from a West Country House'], Christie's, London, 4 July 1986, lot 83, as 'Giovanni Battista Piazzetta', with a saleroom notice that 'An alternative attribution to Domenico Maggiotto has been suggested' (sold £14,040).
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 12 May 1954, lot 151.
Anon. Sale ['removed from a West Country House'], Christie's, London, 4 July 1986, lot 83, as 'Giovanni Battista Piazzetta', with a saleroom notice that 'An alternative attribution to Domenico Maggiotto has been suggested' (sold £14,040).