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GIUSEPPE DI FRANCO (ACTIVE IN NAPLES C.1650)
Lot 20 Property of a Charitable Trust

GIUSEPPE DI FRANCO (ACTIVE IN NAPLES C.1650)

The Adoration of the Magi

Closed31 January 2024

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USD 60,000–80,000

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GIUSEPPE DI FRANCO (ACTIVE IN NAPLES C.1650)
The Adoration of the Magi
signed 'GIOSEPPE DE / FRÃCO F.' (on the stonework, lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
85 1⁄8 x 121 5⁄8 in. (216.2 x 309 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1978, lot 96, where acquired by a private collector and by whom gifted on 24 April 2018 to the present owner.

Specialist note

Little is known about the enigmatic Giuseppe di Franco. There was a payment recorded between Franco and Artemisia Gentileschi in September of 1652 and he likely worked closely with Onofrio Palumbo.