Giovanni Martinelli (Montevarchi 1600/4-1659 Florence)
Giovanni Martinelli (Montevarchi 1600/4-1659 Florence)

Roman Charity

Details
Giovanni Martinelli (Montevarchi 1600/4-1659 Florence)
Roman Charity
oil on canvas
28 ¼ x 22 7/8 in. (71.7 x 58.1 cm.); and another picture, Follower of Giovanni Martinelli, Roman Charity
(2)2
Provenance
Anonymous sale [Mrs J. Temple, Park Street, London]; Christie's, London, 24 October 1958, lot 2 as 'Valentin' (16 gns.).

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Francesca Baldessari for proposing the attribution to Martinelli on the basis of photographs. Dr. Baldessari dates the picture to circa 1647 and compares it with the Madonna del Rosario e santi in the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Biforco, which is signed and dated that year.

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