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MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)
Lot 45THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN

MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)

A silversmith

Fermé7 October 2022

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MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)
A silversmith
oil on canvas, unframed
38 x 51 1/2 in. (97 x 131 cm.)

Doris Westcott, New York; where acquired in 1974 by,
John Bocchieri (1934-2013), New York, and by descent until,
[Property of a New York Estate]; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2019, lot 183, ‌where acquired by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Mattia Preti was born in Taverna, Napels to a patrician family. Around 1630 Mattia left his hometown to join his brother, Giorgio, a well-connected painter in Rome. Paintings produced in the brothers’ Roman studio are sometimes confused, such as the present painting which has been identified as belonging to both Mattia and Gregorio’s oeuvres. The execution of the foreshortening across the Silversmith’s back, realistic and dramatic lighting effects places the work among Mattia’s earliest works.

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