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Mattia Preti (Taverna 1613-1966 Valletta)
Lot 206 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 206-223)

Mattia Preti (Taverna 1613-1966 Valletta)

The Execution of Saint John the Baptist

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Mattia Preti (Taverna 1613-1966 Valletta)
The Execution of Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas
39 ½ x 50 1/8 in. (100.4 x 127.3 cm.)

with Appleby Bros., London, by 1948.
Private collection, Rome, by 1948.
with Sestieri, Rome, by 1949.
Professor Michael Jaffé, and by descent to the present owners.

Specialist note

We are grateful to Riccardo Lattuada and Keith Sciberras for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.