Lot Essay
Professor Giancarlo Sestieri, to whom we are grateful, has confirmed the attribution to Conca on the basis of photographs.
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Details
Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680-1764 Naples)
Clio acknowledged by Fame
oil on canvas
29 3/8 x 42 ¾ in. (74.3 x 108.6 cm.)
Clio acknowledged by Fame
oil on canvas
29 3/8 x 42 ¾ in. (74.3 x 108.6 cm.)
Provenance
John Trafford, Hill Court, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire; Christie's, London, 13-14 December 1982, lot 343.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 October 1998, lot 81.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 October 1998, lot 81.
Literature
G. Sestieri et. al., Sebastiano Conca, exhibition catalogue, Gaeta, July-October 1981, p. 52, fig. 8, as Circle of Sebastiano Conca.
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