Lot 115

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Roman School, 17th Century

The Madonna and Child

Details

Roman School, 17th Century
The Madonna and Child
oil on canvas
49 7/8 x 38 in. (126.5 x 96.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Heim Gallery, London, where acquired in 1987 by the following,
The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection.

Exhibited

London, Heim Gallery, Italian Paintings and Sculptures of the 17th and 18th Centuries, 1976, no. 9, as 'Simone Cantarini'.
Warsaw, The Royal Castle, Opus Sacrum, 10 April-23 September 1990, as 'Simone Cantarini'.
Vaduz, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Opus Sacrum, 15 February-30 September 1991, as 'Simone Cantarini'.
Monaco, Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation, Opus Sacrum. The Collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 1995, as 'Simone Cantarini'.

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Lot Essay

This picture, probably executed by a Roman artist in the mid-17th century, derives from a well-known etching by Simone Cantarini, thought to have been made in the 1630s (see P. Bellini, L'opera incisa di Simone Cantarini, Milan, 1980, pp. 48-51). It was a composition that also inspired a work by Sassoferrato in the Hermitage, as well as another picture at Rudding Park, Yorkshire. In the present lot there is one notable difference: in the etching, Christ holds a goldfinch on a string, whereas here it is a flower.

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