Attributed to François de Nomé, called Monsù Desiderio (Metz c.1590-after c. 1652 Naples?)
Attributed to François de Nomé, called Monsù Desiderio (Metz c.1590-after c. 1652 Naples?)

An architectural capriccio with the Arrest of St Peter

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Attributed to François de Nomé, called Monsù Desiderio (Metz c.1590-after c. 1652 Naples?)
An architectural capriccio with the Arrest of St Peter
oil on canvas
38 1/8 x 50 ¼ in. (96.9 x 127.6 cm.)
in a simple moulded giltwood frame
Provenance
With The Arcade Gallery, London.
Literature
A. Scharf, 'Francesco Desiderio', The Burlington Magazine, XCII, January 1950, p. 22.
Dr. F. Sluys, Monsù Desiderio, Paris, 1961, p. 90, no. 64.
M.R. Nappi, François de Nomé e Didier Barra, Milan, 1991, p. 294, no. D48.
Exhibited
London, The Arcade Gallery, Painters of the Fantastic and the Bizarre, October-November 1949, no. 1.
Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, The Fantastic Visions of Monsù Desiderio, 1950, no. 16, pl. 21.

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