Live Auction 3709Old Master Paintings & Sculpture Part II
North Italian School, Early 18th Century
Lot 298

North Italian School, Early 18th Century

Juno appearing to Io and Argus

Closed29 January 2015

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USD 6,875

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North Italian School, Early 18th Century
Juno appearing to Io and Argus
oil on canvas
45 5/8 x 63 3/8 in. (116.5 x 160.9 cm.)

(Possibly) Don Miguel Martinez de Pinillos y Saenz de Velasco, early 19th century, but
(Probably) acquired by his son, Don Antonio Martinez de Pinillos (1865-1923), Cadiz, and by descent to his daughter
Doña Carmen Martinez de Pinillos, Cadiz, and by descent within the family; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2006, lot 234, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present lot is part of a set of four paintings, which were sold individually at Sotheby's, London, in 2006. The other canvases represent: The head of Argus presented to Juno, Bacchus, Ariadne (?) and Cupid in a landscape, and Peace crowning Learning.