Giovanni Montini (active Florence c. 1650)
Giovanni Montini (active Florence c. 1650)

The Archangel Michael appearing to Hagar and Ishmael in the wildnerness

细节
Giovanni Montini (active Florence c. 1650)
The Archangel Michael appearing to Hagar and Ishmael in the wildnerness
oil on canvas
50 x 67 in. (127 x 171.5 cm.)

拍品专文

A pupil of Jacopo Vignali, Montini was probably inspired by his master's depictions of the subject, one of which is in a private collection (P. Bigongiari, Il Seicento Fiorentino, Florence, 1982, pl. VI). Another, up-right, Hagar and the Angel by Vignola of a similar composition was sold at Christie's, New York, 22 May 1999, lot 152 ($240,000).

We are grateful to Doctor Francesca Baldassari for the attribution, having examined the picture in person.