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Circle of Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628-1719 Forlì)
Lot 90 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PETER HOLLANDER (1931-2014) (LOTS 90 & 500-508)

Circle of Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628-1719 Forlì)

Venus reclining with a putto and an infant playing with doves, an Italianate landscape beyond

Closed27 October 2015

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GBP 10,000

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Circle of Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628-1719 Forlì)
Venus reclining with a putto and an infant playing with doves, an Italianate landscape beyond
oil on canvas
47 ½ x 63 ¾ in. (120.7 x 162 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1994, lot 129, as 'Studio of Carlo Cignani' (£17,000).

Specialist note

Various versions of the composition are known. The prototype is in the collection of the Cassa di Risparmio, Forli (See B. Fabbri, Carlo Cignani, 1991, pp. 66, 176, 177, no. 54).