Lot Essay
According to an old label from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on the reverse of the panel the picture was signed 'Salvator.R.' Another (19th century?) label reads 'Beliquio di St/Francesco/Salvator R'
Details
School of ALLESANDRO MAGNASCO (1667-1749)
Saint Francis being supported by another Figure in a Landscape
oil on canvas laid down on panel
14½ x 10¾in. (36.8 x 27.3cm.)
Saint Francis being supported by another Figure in a Landscape
oil on canvas laid down on panel
14½ x 10¾in. (36.8 x 27.3cm.)
Provenance
Thomas Wigglesworth, by whom bequested upon his death to the museum