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Circle of Ubaldo Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, nr. Bologna 1728-1781 Ravenna)

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

Details

Circle of Ubaldo Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, nr. Bologna 1728-1781 Ravenna)
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery
oil on canvas
16 7/8 x 23 in. (42.9 x 58.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 November 1973, lot 116, as 'Ubaldo Gandolfi' to the family of the present owner.

Literature

D. Biagi Maino, Ubaldo Gandolfi, Turin, 1990, no. 26, p. 253 (as location unknown).
M. Cazort, exhibition catalogue, Bella Pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi, Ottawa, 1993, no. 3, p. 39, illustrated, as Ubaldo Gandolfi's modello for 'Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery' in the Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg.
D. Biagi Maino, Gaetano Gandolfi 1734-1802, Turin, 1995, p. 151 (where the attribution to Ubaldo Gandofi is dismissed).

Exhibited

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Bella pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi, 18 June-6 September 1993 and Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Centre, 30 September-28 November 1993, no. 3, p. 39, illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present picture was originally considered to be Ubaldo Gandolfi's bozzetto for the painting of Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery in the Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg. The Augsburg picture was part of an important commission given to Gandolfi by Pier Antonio Odorici, along with its pendant, Christ and the Woman of Canaan now in Santa Maria della Misericordia, Bologna. It was exhibited as such in 1993 (M. Cazort, loc.cit.), however, opinion has remained divided about its attribution, and the discovery of another, more convincing bozzetto for the Augsburg picture (formerly with Derek Johns) means that the present picture is more likely to be by an artist working in the circle of Gandolfi.

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