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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
MATTIA PRETI (CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA)
Samuel anointing David
Details
MATTIA PRETI (CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA)
Samuel anointing David
oil on canvas
85 5⁄8 x 123 in. (217.5 x 312.5 cm.)
Samuel anointing David
oil on canvas
85 5⁄8 x 123 in. (217.5 x 312.5 cm.)
Provenance
Church of las Carmelitas Descalzos, Madrid, by 1772, until sold in 1786.
Private collection, by 1987.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1989, lot 101.
Anonymous sale [From a Private Collection, Miami]; Christie's, London, 6 July 1990, lot 64, where acquired by the present owner.
Private collection, by 1987.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1989, lot 101.
Anonymous sale [From a Private Collection, Miami]; Christie's, London, 6 July 1990, lot 64, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. de Colmenares y Orgaz, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, Madrid, 1933, p. 44.
A. Ponz, Viaje de España: Seguido de los dos tomos del Viaje Fuera de España, 1772, Madrid, 1947, p. 483.
A. Perez Sanchez, Pintura italiana del siglo XVII en España, Madrid, 1965, p. 422.
A. Pelaggi, Mattia Preti ed il Seicento italiano col catalogo delle opere, Catanzaro, 1972, p. 71.
J. Colton, A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Paintings in North America 1650-1750, New Haven, 1987, pp. 102-4, no. 4, illustrated.
M. Utili, Mattia Preti tra Roma, Napoli e Malta, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1999, p. 53, illustrated.
J.T. Spike, Mattia Preti: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Florence, 1999, p. 371, no. 312.
K. Sciberras, Mattia Preti: Life and Works, Valletta, 2020, p. 306, no. 447.
A. Ponz, Viaje de España: Seguido de los dos tomos del Viaje Fuera de España, 1772, Madrid, 1947, p. 483.
A. Perez Sanchez, Pintura italiana del siglo XVII en España, Madrid, 1965, p. 422.
A. Pelaggi, Mattia Preti ed il Seicento italiano col catalogo delle opere, Catanzaro, 1972, p. 71.
J. Colton, A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Paintings in North America 1650-1750, New Haven, 1987, pp. 102-4, no. 4, illustrated.
M. Utili, Mattia Preti tra Roma, Napoli e Malta, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1999, p. 53, illustrated.
J.T. Spike, Mattia Preti: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Florence, 1999, p. 371, no. 312.
K. Sciberras, Mattia Preti: Life and Works, Valletta, 2020, p. 306, no. 447.
Exhibited
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery; Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Painting in North America, 29 September 1987 - 13 March 1988, no. 4.
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