Follower of Jusepe de Ribera
Saints Peter and Paul
oil on canvas
49 x 41 in. (125.7 x 104.2 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Herbert Cook, Bt., Doughty House, Richmond.
Dr. H.A. Wetzlar, Amsterdam; Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 9 June 1977, lot 72, as Pietro Novelli, called Il Monrealese (14,000 florins).
Literature
N. Spinosa, La pittura napoletana del '600, Milan, 1984, pl. 588.
F. Bologna, catalogue of the exhibition, Paessaggi e nature morte dall'Italia e dall'Europa del nord tra XVI e XVII secolo, Rome, 1986, p. 208, illustrated.
A. Tecce in La natura morta in Italia, ed. F. Zeri, Milan, 1989, II, p. 886 and p. 887, fig. 1063.
Exhibited
Laren, Singer Memorial Foundation, Keuze uit de collectie Dr. H. Wetzlar, no. 18, as Pietro Novelli.
Lot Essay
The prototype is in the Muse des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg.