Lot Essay
This picture is a bozzetto for Preti's monumental altarpiece, painted between 1665 and 1667, for the church of Saint Catherine in Zurrieq, Malta.
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Saint Andrew - a bozzetto
Details
Mattia Preti, il Cavaliere Calabrese (Taverna, Calabria 1613-1699 Valletta, Malta)
Saint Andrew - a bozzetto
oil on canvas
14 x 9 ¾ in. (35.5 x 24.7 cm.)
Saint Andrew - a bozzetto
oil on canvas
14 x 9 ¾ in. (35.5 x 24.7 cm.)
Provenance
Captain and Mrs Ph. de' Conti Manduca, Valletta, Malta.
with Gurr Johns, London, where acquired by W.M. Brady & Co., New York, in 1989, on behalf of the present owner.
with Gurr Johns, London, where acquired by W.M. Brady & Co., New York, in 1989, on behalf of the present owner.
Literature
V. Mariani, Mattia Preti a Malta, Rome, 1929, p. 86, under footnote 38.
J. Cauchi, in Mostra Centenaria Paolino: L'Arte sacra a Malta, exhibition catalogue, Floriana, 1960, p. 69, cat. no. 100.
J. Spike, Mattia Preti, Catalogo Ragionato dei Dipinti, Taverna 1999, p. 360, under no. 294.
J. Cauchi, in Mostra Centenaria Paolino: L'Arte sacra a Malta, exhibition catalogue, Floriana, 1960, p. 69, cat. no. 100.
J. Spike, Mattia Preti, Catalogo Ragionato dei Dipinti, Taverna 1999, p. 360, under no. 294.
Exhibited
Floriana, Palazzo dell'Istituto Catolico, Mostra Centenaria Paolino: L'Arte sacra a Malta, 1960, cat. no. 100.
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