Corrado Giaquinto (1703-1766)

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Corrado Giaquinto (1703-1766)

Saint Nicholas of Bari saving the Victims of a Shipwreck

28¾ x 23¾in. (73 x 60.5cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 11 June 1981, lot 33 ($28,000)

Literature

P. Rosenberg and A. Brejon de Lavergnée, Corrado Giaquinto et la France, in Corrado Giaquinto (1703-1766). Atti del II Convegno Internazionale di Studi (Molfetta 1981), ed. P. Amato, Molfetta, 1985, p. 79
L. Tognoli Bardin in M. Boskovits, The Martello Collection, Florence, 1985, pp. 160-1, no. 49, illustrated in colour
M. G. di Capua in the catalogue of the exhibition, Giaquinto. Capolavori dalle Corti in Europa, Castello Svevo, Bari, 23 April-20 June 1993, p. 162

Lot Essay

This picture is sold with a drawing by Carlo Giuseppe Ratti after the lost altarpiece (fig. 1). Executed in black chalk and grey wash, this measures 567 x 434mm. and is signed, inscribed and dated on the verso: 'Quadro di Corrado Giaquinto posto nella chiesa di S. Nicolò de Lorensi ... copiato da me Giuseppe Ratti Genovese in Roma l'anno 1759'

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