Attributed to Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-1669 Rome)
The Madonna reading by a column
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Attributed to Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-1669 Rome)
The Madonna reading by a column
oil on copper, octagonal
6½ x 5 in. (16.5 x 12.7 cm.)
Provenance
According to the present owner the painting was formerly in the collection of the Royal Family, Portugal; the Bishop Dom Fernando Lemus de São Gonçalo and the Baron do Rio Verde.
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Jörg Merz for tentatively suggesting the attribution to Pietro da Cortona having inspected the painting in person.
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