Lot Essay
Sarafik (op. cit.) lists the current picture as a copy most closely related to the work in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, which was in turn once thought to be autograph but subsequently downgraded.
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The Good Samaritan
Details
Studio of Domenico Fetti (?Rome 1588/1589-1623 Venice)
The Good Samaritan
oil on panel
24 ¾ x 17 3/8 in. (62.8 x 44 cm.)
in a Louis XVI, late 18th century frame
The Good Samaritan
oil on panel
24 ¾ x 17 3/8 in. (62.8 x 44 cm.)
in a Louis XVI, late 18th century frame
Provenance
Richard Payne Knight, Downton Castle, Herefordshire; by descent to
Major W.M.P. Kincaid Lennox; by descent to the present owner.
Major W.M.P. Kincaid Lennox; by descent to the present owner.
Literature
E.K. Waterhouse, 'Some notes on the Exhibition of 'Works of Art from Midland Houses' at Birmingham', The Burlington Magazine, 1953, XCV, p. 305, as a version.
P. Askew, 'The Parable Paintings of Domenico Fetti', The Art Bulletin, 1961, XLIII, pp. 43-44, appendix n. 7e, as a copy.
J.M. Lehmann, Domenico Fetti, Leben und Werk des römischen Malers, graduate thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, 1967, p. 225, n. 35, as a copy.
E.A. Safarik, Fetti, Milan, 1990, p. 104, no. 25g, as a copy.
P. Askew, 'The Parable Paintings of Domenico Fetti', The Art Bulletin, 1961, XLIII, pp. 43-44, appendix n. 7e, as a copy.
J.M. Lehmann, Domenico Fetti, Leben und Werk des römischen Malers, graduate thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, 1967, p. 225, n. 35, as a copy.
E.A. Safarik, Fetti, Milan, 1990, p. 104, no. 25g, as a copy.
Exhibited
Birmingham, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Works of Art from Midland Houses, July-September 1953, no. 156.