The Immaculate Conception with Saints Joseph and Anthony, in a painted arched top

Details

Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Venice 1687-1767)
The Immaculate Conception with Saints Joseph and Anthony, in a painted arched top
oil on canvas, shaped top
22 x 11½ in. (56 x 29.2 cm.)

Provenance

John Inglis, Lord Glencorse (1810-1891), Lord Justice-General of Scotland (according to a label on the reverse 'Lord President Inglis'). R.H. Bamberger, by whom sold to the following
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, from whom bought by C.L. Loyd, 5 April 1961.

Literature

F. Zava Boccazzi, Pittoni. L'opera completa, Venice, 1979, p. 131, no. 71, fig. 479.
The Loyd Collection of Pictures and Drawings at Betterton House, Lockinge near Wantage, Berkshire, London, 1967, p. 36, no. 54; revised edition 1991, p. 23, no. 54, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

This painting is the only known depiction of the subject by Pittoni. As pointed out by Franca Zava Boccazzi (op. cit.), this is typical of Pittoni's mature style, and would have been executed for private devotion, rather than as a highly finished preparatory work for a large altarpiece. The freshness of the brushstrokes, as well as the inventive spatial arrangement of the figures, gives the picture a liveliness and greater sense of spontaneity than is usual in the large church commissions.

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