Lot Essay
One of four copies recorded by Nicolson of a lost prototype possibly by Galli.
The Virgin doing Embroidery with her Mother
Details
School of Giacomo Galli, lo Spadarino (18th Century)
The Virgin doing Embroidery with her Mother
oil on canvas
38½ x 31¼in. (97.8 x 79.5cm.)
The Virgin doing Embroidery with her Mother
oil on canvas
38½ x 31¼in. (97.8 x 79.5cm.)
Provenance
with Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, 1936-9 as Zurbarán.
Literature
Art Digest, June 1936, illustrated.
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, 1979, p. 50. B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, 1990, I, p. 110.
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, 1979, p. 50. B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, 1990, I, p. 110.
Exhibited
New York, Brooklyn Museum, on loan, no. 3.63.684.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936 as Zurbarán.
New York, World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art, 1939, no. 114 as Zurbarán.
Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, 1964, on loan as Zurbarán.
Miami, FL, The Lowe Art Museum, 1988, on loan as Follower of Caravaggio.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936 as Zurbarán.
New York, World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art, 1939, no. 114 as Zurbarán.
Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, 1964, on loan as Zurbarán.
Miami, FL, The Lowe Art Museum, 1988, on loan as Follower of Caravaggio.