Attributed to Domenico Fetti (Rome(?)1588/9-1623 Venice)

The head of a bearded man, a fragment (?)

Details

Attributed to Domenico Fetti (Rome(?)1588/9-1623 Venice)
The head of a bearded man, a fragment (?)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
40 x 11 in. (42.5 x 28 cm.)

Provenance

The Reverend Denham J. Cookes (+), Woodhampton House, Astley, Worcestershire, 1893 (by whose executors consigned to Christie's, but not entered into a sale).

Sale room notice

Please note that the measurements of this lot are 16 x 11 in. (42.5 x 28 cm.).

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Professor Safarik for confirming the tentative attribution. He points out that the treatment of the paint also shows similarities with the work of Domenico's father, Pietro Fetti, and compares this oil sketch with Fetti's Self portrait (Uffizi, Florence) and Saint Joseph at Hampton Court (letter, 22 September 1999).

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