Lot Essay
A possibly autograph version, with minor variations, of the picture of the same subject by Ferri in the Galleria Spada, Rome.
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The Virgins tending the fire in the Temple of Vesta
Details
Attributed to Ciro Ferri (Rome 1634-1689)
The Virgins tending the fire in the Temple of Vesta
oil on canvas
56 x 76 in. (143.5 x 194.5 cm.)
The Virgins tending the fire in the Temple of Vesta
oil on canvas
56 x 76 in. (143.5 x 194.5 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Paris, c. 1950.
Literature
C. Sterling, 'Observationssur Georges de la Tour propos d'un livre rcent', Revue des arts, September 1951, p. 147ff., as probably a contemporary version of one of a group of works attributable to the young Stomer.
B. Nicolson, 'The "Candlelight Master", A follower of Honthorst in Rome', Nederlands kunsthistorische Jaarboeck, 1960, pp. 130-4, as by or after the Master, possibly inspired by Pietor Piazza (unseen).
B. Nicolson, 'Un Caravagiste aixois, Le Matre la chandelle'. Art de France, 1964, p. 128, no. 13, pl. 24.
B. Nicolson, 'The "Candlelight Master", A follower of Honthorst in Rome', Nederlands kunsthistorische Jaarboeck, 1960, pp. 130-4, as by or after the Master, possibly inspired by Pietor Piazza (unseen).
B. Nicolson, 'Un Caravagiste aixois, Le Matre la chandelle'. Art de France, 1964, p. 128, no. 13, pl. 24.