Giovanni David (Cabella Ligure 1743-1790 Genoa)
PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Giovanni David (Cabella Ligure 1743-1790 Genoa)

An Allegory of Winter: an old man warming his hands on a brazier

細節
Giovanni David (Cabella Ligure 1743-1790 Genoa)
An Allegory of Winter: an old man warming his hands on a brazier
oil on canvas
34¾ x 25 in. (88.3 x 63.5 cm.)
來源
Comte A. de G; his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4 June 1903, lot 15, as Fragonard.
René Fribourg; (+) sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1963, lot 91, as Fragonard, where purchased by the family of the present owner.

拍品專文

We are grateful to Professor Mary Newcome Schleier for suggesting the attribution to Giovanni David on the basis of a photograph (private communication, 22 August 2002) and for confirming the inclusion of the painting in her upcoming monograph on the artist written in conjunction with Giovanni Grasso.