Belshazzar's Feast

Details

GIULIO CARPIONI (VENICE 1613-1678)
Belshazzar's Feast
oil on canvas
41 1/4 x 51 3/4 in. (104.7 x 131.5 cm.)

Provenance

(Possibly) Martin Delahaye, Paris, until 1753 and by descent to his children,
(Possibly) Salomon Delahaye-Desfosses, Marc-Antoine Delahaye de Bazinville and Marie-Edmée de Saint-Marc Delahaye, Paris.
Conte Francesco Castelbarco Albani; his sale, Sotheby's, Florence, 22-24 May 1973, lot 266.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 81, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

(Possibly) Inventaire après décès de Martin Delahaye, fermier général, 13 octobre 1753, Archives Nationales, Minutier Central, Paris, M.C.: LVII, 408 Me Charlier.
H. Potterton, Venetian 17th Century Painting, London, 1979, p. 125, under no. 39.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Conditions of sale

Présenté par

Jonquil O’Reilly Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale

JOReilly@christies.com +1 212 636 2478

Descriptif du lot

There are two further known versions of Giulio Carpioni's composition, one in Trinity College Dublin, dateable to 1671 (H. Potterton, loc. cit.), and another attributed to the artist offered Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2004, lot 82A.

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