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Elias Megel (18th Century)
Lot 197

Elias Megel (18th Century)

A trompe l'oeil with an etching of Saint Thaddeus by Marco Pitteri (1742), after the drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)

Closed23 April 2008

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GBP 5,000

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Elias Megel (18th Century)
A trompe l'oeil with an etching of Saint Thaddeus by Marco Pitteri (1742), after the drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
signed 'ELIAS MEGEL. Pinxit.' (lower centre, on the print)
oil on canvas, unframed
25½ x 24¼ in. (64.7 x 61.6 cm.)

Specialist note

The etching depicted by Megel is one of a celebrated series by Marco Pitteri (1703-1786), which was much admired by Fragonard when he saw them in a print shop in Venice in 1774. It has been suggested that Saint Thaddeus is Piazzetta's self-portrait.