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Property from a Prestigious Private Collection
MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)
The Liberation of Saint Peter
Details
MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)
The Liberation of Saint Peter
oil on canvas
57 1⁄8 x 77 ½ in. (180 x 232 ½ x 9 ½ cm.)
The Liberation of Saint Peter
oil on canvas
57 1⁄8 x 77 ½ in. (180 x 232 ½ x 9 ½ cm.)
Provenance
Prince Eugène-Rose de Beauharnais (1781-1824), by whom given to the following,
Auguste-Charles-Joseph de la Billarderie, Comte de Flahault (1785-1870), by whom given to his daughter,
Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, and later 8th Lady Nairne (1819-1895), and by descent to her grandson,
George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999), by whom given, in 1950, to the following,
Saint Catherine's Episcopal Church, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland;
[The Property of Saint Catherine's Episcopal Church, Blairgowrie, Perthshire]; Christie's, London, 8 December 1989, lot 133, when acquired by the father of the present owner.
Auguste-Charles-Joseph de la Billarderie, Comte de Flahault (1785-1870), by whom given to his daughter,
Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, and later 8th Lady Nairne (1819-1895), and by descent to her grandson,
George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999), by whom given, in 1950, to the following,
Saint Catherine's Episcopal Church, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland;
[The Property of Saint Catherine's Episcopal Church, Blairgowrie, Perthshire]; Christie's, London, 8 December 1989, lot 133, when acquired by the father of the present owner.
Literature
T. Llorens, M. Del Mar Borobia & C. Vela, Guide of The Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, 1994, p. 174, no. A 822.
M. Minozzi, Mattia Preti: Il Cavalier Calabrese, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1999, p. 180, under no. 31.
M. Utili, Mattia Preti tra Roma, Napoli e Malta, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1999, p. 184.
J.T. Spike, Mattia Preti, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Florence, 1999, p. 163, no. 76, pl. XIX.
R. Contini, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Italian Painting, London, 2002, pp. 126-129, no. 25.
K. Sciberras, Mattia Preti, Life and Works, Valletta, 2020, pp. 249, 276, no. 122.
M. Minozzi, Mattia Preti: Il Cavalier Calabrese, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1999, p. 180, under no. 31.
M. Utili, Mattia Preti tra Roma, Napoli e Malta, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1999, p. 184.
J.T. Spike, Mattia Preti, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Florence, 1999, p. 163, no. 76, pl. XIX.
R. Contini, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Italian Painting, London, 2002, pp. 126-129, no. 25.
K. Sciberras, Mattia Preti, Life and Works, Valletta, 2020, pp. 249, 276, no. 122.
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