Lot Essay
Pellegrini painted this subject on a number of occasions in both horizontal and vertical format. The composition in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH is likely the prime version.
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The Continence of Scipio
Details
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Venice 1675-1741)
The Continence of Scipio
oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 41 ¾ in. (129.3 x 106.2 cm.)
The Continence of Scipio
oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 41 ¾ in. (129.3 x 106.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Silvano Lodi, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1977, lot 109.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 March 1978, lot 65.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 12 January 1979, lot 141, where acquired by
Paul H. Ganz (1910-1986), New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1987, lot 114, where acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1977, lot 109.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 March 1978, lot 65.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 12 January 1979, lot 141, where acquired by
Paul H. Ganz (1910-1986), New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1987, lot 114, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: A Catalogue of Paintings, Cleveland, 1982, p. 385, under no. 170.
G. Knox, Antonio Pellegrini: 1675-1741, Oxford, 1995, p. 249, no. P.315.
G. Knox, Antonio Pellegrini: 1675-1741, Oxford, 1995, p. 249, no. P.315.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.