Pietro Facchetti
( Italian, 1535 - 1619 )
Portrait of the architect, Domenico Fontana (1543-1607), three-quarter-length, seated beside a desk with a book in one hand and a pair of dividers in the other, a view of the dome of Saint Peter's, Rome, beyond
LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
47.13 in. (119.70 cm.) (height) by 40.39 in. (102.60 cm.) (width)
Provenance:
King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983), by whom given to the present owner's uncle, Marchese Cesare Alberto Godi di Godio, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Italian diplomatic service, and thence by descent
