Lot Essay
After the picture in a Private Collection, of which there are several versions, including one in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, in a floral cartouche.
The Rest on the Return from Egypt
Details
After Francesco Cairo
The Rest on the Return from Egypt
oil on canvas
70 x 46½ in. (178 x 118.2 cm.)
The Rest on the Return from Egypt
oil on canvas
70 x 46½ in. (178 x 118.2 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 84, as Francesco Cairo.
Literature
F. Frangi, Francesco Cairo, Turin, 1998, p. 258, under cat. 53, as copy.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium