Paolo de Maio* (1703-1784)

Property from the Collection of The Phoenix Art Museum Sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund

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Paolo de Maio* (1703-1784)

Saint Benedict receiving Maurus and Placidus at Subiaco

oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 40½in. (76.5 x 102.8cm.)

Provenance

David G. Gensburg.

Literature

B.B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, 1972, p. 190 as School of Francesco Solimena.

Lot Essay

The present work can be compared with a pair of paintings executed circa 1734, for the Chancel of the Duomo in Marchianise. All these works display the direct influence of Francesco de Mura who was newly active in Naples at this time.

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