Attributed to Alessandro Gherardini (Florence 1655-1723 Livorno)
Lot 426Property of a Dutch Noble Family (lot 426)

Attributed to Alessandro Gherardini (Florence 1655-1723 Livorno)

The Madonna and Child appearing to Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Thomas Aquinas

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Attributed to Alessandro Gherardini (Florence 1655-1723 Livorno)
The Madonna and Child appearing to Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Thomas Aquinas
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 16 1/8 in. (54.3 x 41 cm.)

George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), Althorp, by 1802.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 1985, lot 13, as 'Circle of Valerio Castello' (£3,500).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1994, lot 46, as 'Alessandro Gherardini'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1997, lot 214, as 'Alessandro Gherardini'.

Note du spécialiste

This painting relates closely to a picture in the Musée Fesch, Ajaccio (A. Bréjon, Répertoire des peintures italiennes du XVIIe siècle, Paris, 1988, p. 164, illustrated), which has been attributed to Gherardini by Longhi and confirmed by Volpe.