Online Auction 18553Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (COLDRERIO 1612-1666 ROME)
Lot 70

PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (COLDRERIO 1612-1666 ROME)

Saint John the Baptist preaching

Closed20 October 2020

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PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (COLDRERIO 1612-1666 ROME)
Saint John the Baptist preaching
inscribed with the old inventory number: 'No 862 du C(at?) and R.C.A. / DOG III / ROMA' (branded stamp on stretcher crossbar)
oil on canvas
16 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (42.2 x 33.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Arcade, New York, 29 January 2005, lot 65, as Circle of Pier Francesco Mola.
with Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The attribution was endorsed by Prof. Francesco Petrucci in a letter of expertise dated 23 March 2006 (a copy of which is available upon request) and later included in his monograph (loc. cit.). Petrucci dates the painting to the circa 1664-66.

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