LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

35.04 in. (89.00 cm.) (height) by 45.47 in. (115.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in monogram and dated 'VC (linked) / 1647 / F.' (lower right on the staircase)

Literature:

J. Byam Shaw, Christ Church, Oxford. Catalogue of the Paintings by Old Masters, London, 1967, pp. 88-9. G. Briganti, L. Laureati and L. Trezzani, 'Viviano Codazzi', I Pittori Bergamaschi dal XIII al XIX secolo. Il Seicento, I, Bergamo 1983, pp. 691 and 719, no. 34, illustrated. D.R. Marshall, 'Ascanio Luciano: A Neapolitan Follower of Viviano Codazzi', Paragone, XXXIX, no. 455, 1988, pp. 26-30 and 41, note 39, pl. 25. D.R. Marshall, Viviano e Niccolò Codazzi and the Baroque Architectural Fantasy, Milan, 1993, pp. 135-6, no. VC 43. G. Sestieri and B. Daprà, Domenico Gargiulo detto Micco Spadaro, Milan, 1994, pp. 276-7, no. 132.

Provenance:

with M. & C. Sestieri, Rome. with P. & D. Colnaghi Ltd., London, circa 1966. Anonymous sale [From the Collections of a Roman Lady]; Sotheby's, Milan, 18 October 2006, lot 260 (€156,000), when acquired by the present owner.