Lot Essay
A portrait by Francesco Solimena of similar style and pose was in the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1989, lot 80. For the attribution to Nazzari, see F. Noris, I Pittori Bergamaschi dal XIII al XIX Secolo: Il Settecento I, Bergamo, 1982, pp. 199-277.