Details
Pietro Antonio de' Pietri (1665-1716)
The Nativity; and The Madonna and Child with Midwives
the first with an inscription in an 18th century hand on the reverse 'Gio de Pietri-60'
painted ovals, on paper laid down on (unrelined) canvas
10¾ x 9in. (27.3 x 22.9cm.) (2)
The Nativity; and The Madonna and Child with Midwives
the first with an inscription in an 18th century hand on the reverse 'Gio de Pietri-60'
painted ovals, on paper laid down on (unrelined) canvas
10¾ x 9in. (27.3 x 22.9cm.) (2)
Provenance
Acquired by Henry Blundell, the first before 1803, the second apparently arriving at Ince at a later date, between 1803 and 1810 (Ince Catalogue, no. 267); thence by inheritance
Literature
Ince Catalogue, 1803, p. 249, no. CXXXVII, 'The Nativity by Pietro de Petris. In his figures he copied closely the works of Raphael and Carlo Maratti. His pictures are in great esteem'