The Madonna and Child appearing to Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Thomas Aquinas

Details

Attributed to Alessandro Gherardini (Florence 1655-1723 Livorno)
The Madonna and Child appearing to Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Thomas Aquinas
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 16 1/8 in. (54.3 x 41 cm.)

Provenance

George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), Althorp, by 1802.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 1985, lot 13, as 'Circle of Valerio Castello' (£3,500).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1994, lot 46, as 'Alessandro Gherardini'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1997, lot 214, as 'Alessandro Gherardini'.

Literature

Catalogue of the Pictures of Althorp made in November 1802, printed in Garlick, see below, as 'Annibale Carracci'.
D. Morton, Catalogue of the pictures at Althorp, London, 1851, no. 107, as 'Annibale Carracci'.
K.J. Garlick, 'Catalogue of Pictures of Althorp', The Walpole Society, XLV, 1976, p. 39, no. 300 and p. 118, pl. 25, as 'Italian School, 17th Century'.

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Lot Essay

This painting relates closely to a picture in the Musée Fesch, Ajaccio (A. Bréjon, Répertoire des peintures italiennes du XVIIe siècle, Paris, 1988, p. 164, illustrated), which has been attributed to Gherardini by Longhi and confirmed by Volpe.

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