Live Auction 17467Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Venice 1675-1741)
Lot 217 The Property of a Distinguished Private Collection

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Venice 1675-1741)

The Continence of Scipio

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Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Venice 1675-1741)
The Continence of Scipio
oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 41 ¾ in. (129.3 x 106.2 cm.)

with Silvano Lodi, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1977, lot 109.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 March 1978, lot 65.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 12 January 1979, lot 141, where acquired by
Paul H. Ganz (1910-1986), New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1987, lot 114, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Pellegrini painted this subject on a number of occasions in both horizontal and vertical format. The composition in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH is likely the prime version.