LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

76.2 x 61.6

Description:

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Exhibited:

London, The Royal Academy, Trafalgar Galleries at the Royal Academy III, 1983, as 'Gian Lorenzo Bernini'.

Literature:

M. Marini, 'Un contributo a Gianlorenzo Bernini 'al dipingere...molto inclinato', Arte Viva. Fima Antiquari, 1992, p. 42, fig. 1, as 'Gian Lorenzo Bernini'. F. Petrucci, 'L'opera pittorica di Gian Lorenzo Bernini', in M.G. Bernardini (ed.), Bernini a Montecitorio. Ciclo di conferenze nel quarto centenario della nascita di Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Salerno, 2001, p. 91, no. 20, as 'Gian Lorenzo Bernini'. F. Petrucci, Bernini Pittore dal disegno al 'maraviglioso composto', Rome, 2006, p. 377, no. 13, under 'ipotesi attributive, opere dubbie e di incerta attribuzione'.

Provenance:

Private collection, Surrey, England, 1804-1974. with Trafalgar Galleries, London, England, by 1974. The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, by 1987, and by descent to the present owners.