Lot Essay
The original in Palazzo Spada, Rome, is now tentatively attributed to Galli (A. Moir, The Italian Followers of Caravaggio, 1967, II, pl.124)
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Provenance
Acquired by Henry Blundell before 1803, and by inheritance
Literature
Ince Catalogue, 1803, p.231, no.LXV, 'A Mother and Daughter are here
represented at work. The reel, the yarn, and the great attention in the mother and daughter, are well expressed. From the glory over their heads, some pretend that this picture represents St. Anne and the Virgin Mary, when young. This has passed for an original picture, by Michael Angelo Caravagio; but in the Spada palace at Rome, is a duplicate of it, from which this appears a copy'
represented at work. The reel, the yarn, and the great attention in the mother and daughter, are well expressed. From the glory over their heads, some pretend that this picture represents St. Anne and the Virgin Mary, when young. This has passed for an original picture, by Michael Angelo Caravagio; but in the Spada palace at Rome, is a duplicate of it, from which this appears a copy'