The Triumph of David
oil on canvas
34 5/8 x 41½ in. (88 x 105.4 cm.)
Lorenzo Lippi (Florence 1606-1665)
The Triumph of David
oil on canvas
34 5/8 x 41½ in. (88 x 105.4 cm.)
Charles Loeser, Torri Gattaia, Florence; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1959, lot 27, (238 gns. to the following), with Paul Wengraf, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 11 July 2003, lot 217, as 'Attributed to Lorenzo Lippi' (£28,000).
A. Alterocca, La vita e l’opera poetica e pittorica di Lorenzo Lippi, Catania, 1914, p. 195, no. 2. C. d’Afflitto, Lorenzo Lippi, Florence, 2002, p. 232, no. 60, illustrated.
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