Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Jörg Merz for tentatively suggesting the attribution to Pietro da Cortona having inspected the painting in person.
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The Madonna reading by a column
Details
Attributed to Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-1669 Rome)
The Madonna reading by a column
oil on copper, octagonal
6½ x 5 in. (16.5 x 12.7 cm.)
The Madonna reading by a column
oil on copper, octagonal
6½ x 5 in. (16.5 x 12.7 cm.)
Provenance
According to the present owner the painting was formerly in the collection of the Royal Family, Portugal; the Bishop Dom Fernando Lemus de São Gonçalo and the Baron do Rio Verde.