'Noli Me Tangere'

Details

ANTONIO GIOLFI (Genoa 1721-1796)
'Noli Me Tangere'
oil on canvas
49¼ x 69¼ in. (125 x 175.8 cm.)

Literature

Dr. M. Newcome Schleier, Gregorio de Ferrari, Turin, 1998, pp. 125-126, under no. 103.

Sale room notice

Please note that this lot is to be sold not subject to a reserve.

Lot Essay

The present work is based on Gregorio de Ferrari's painting (130 x 100 cm.) in the Palazzo Bianco, Genoa. Giolfi repeated the central figures from de Ferrari's upright composition, but enlarged the landscape background (see La Pittura del '600 a Genova, Milan, 1988, no. 300).

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