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Roman School, 17th Century
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Roman School, 17th Century

The Madonna and Child

Fermé9 July 2014

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GBP 40,000

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Roman School, 17th Century
The Madonna and Child
oil on canvas
49 7/8 x 38 in. (126.5 x 96.4 cm.)

with Heim Gallery, London, where acquired in 1987 by the following,
The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection.

Note du spécialiste

This picture, probably executed by a Roman artist in the mid-17th century, derives from a well-known etching by Simone Cantarini, thought to have been made in the 1630s (see P. Bellini, L'opera incisa di Simone Cantarini, Milan, 1980, pp. 48-51). It was a composition that also inspired a work by Sassoferrato in the Hermitage, as well as another picture at Rudding Park, Yorkshire. In the present lot there is one notable difference: in the etching, Christ holds a goldfinch on a string, whereas here it is a flower.