Lot Essay
Joan Wissman, in the catalogue of the 1969 exhibition, dates the present picture to 1638/9 by comparison with the artist's frescoes in the Sala degli Argenti in the Pitti Palace
Various Properties
Francesco Montelatici, called Cecco Bravo (1601-1661)
Details
Francesco Montelatici, called Cecco Bravo (1601-1661)
Cimon and Pero
45¾ x 60in. (116 x 152.5cm.)
Cimon and Pero
45¾ x 60in. (116 x 152.5cm.)
Provenance
with Julius H. Weitzner, New York, as Simone Pignone
Professor and Mrs Howard Hibbard, New York
Sold for the benefit of the Howard Hibbard Fellowship Fund, Columbia University, Christie's, New York, 11 Jan. 1989, lot 92
Professor and Mrs Howard Hibbard, New York
Sold for the benefit of the Howard Hibbard Fellowship Fund, Columbia University, Christie's, New York, 11 Jan. 1989, lot 92
Literature
H. Ewald, Pantheon, 1964, pp. 387-8, fig. 5
Dizionario Enciclopedico Bolaffi dei Pittori e degli Incisori Italiani, VII, Turin, 1975, p. 452
G. Cantelli, Repertorio della Pittura Fiorentina del Seicento, Fiesole, 1983, p. 116
Dizionario Enciclopedico Bolaffi dei Pittori e degli Incisori Italiani, VII, Turin, 1975, p. 452
G. Cantelli, Repertorio della Pittura Fiorentina del Seicento, Fiesole, 1983, p. 116
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Florentine Baroque Art from American Collections, 16 April-15 June 1969, p. 49, no. 43, fig. 24