GIUSEPPE CESARI, CALLED CAVALIERE D'ARPINO (ARPINO 1568-1640 ROME)
Lot 164

GIUSEPPE CESARI, CALLED CAVALIERE D'ARPINO (ARPINO 1568-1640 ROME)

Saint Francis at prayer

Fermé8 July 2022

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GIUSEPPE CESARI, CALLED CAVALIERE D'ARPINO (ARPINO 1568-1640 ROME)
Saint Francis at prayer
oil on canvas
16 1⁄2 x 12 7⁄8 in. (42 x 32.6 cm.)

(Possibly) Giuseppe Pignatelli, inventory dated 19 July 1657, as 'S. Francesco in ginocchioni con un Angelo che sona, tavola'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 October 1982, lot 5, as 'Arpino'.
with Paolo Rosa, March 2002.
The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection and by descent to the present owners.

Note du spécialiste

The attribution was confirmed by Herwarth Röttgen in a written communication (31 August 2014). He dates the picture to circa 1606-7, and suggests it may be identified with the work listed in the Pignatelli collection in 1657.