Lot 171

After Giambattista Pittoni

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Fermé28 April 2010

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GBP 7,500

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After Giambattista Pittoni
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
oil on canvas, tondo
39½ in. (100.3 cm.) diam.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 June 1987, lot 101.

Note du spécialiste

Pittoni explored the subject of the Sacrifice of Polyxena on several occasions throughout his career. The present work would appear to be based on the pictures either in the State Gallery in Stuttgart or in the Narodni Gallery in Prague.