ID 887434
Lot 125 | ELISABETTA SIRANI (BOLOGNA 1638-1665)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
The Infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas
22 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (57.8 x 43.5 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Bologna, by 1873 (according to label on the reverse).
Sir John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994), London, by circa 1950, by whom gifted to the present owner in 1980.
Literature
(Possibly) A. Manaresi, Elisabetta Sirani, Bologna, 1898, p. 117, under 1660.
A. Modesti, Elisabetta Sirani: Una virtuosa del Seicento bolognese, Bologna, 2004, pp. 60-61, illustrated.
| Artist: | Elisabetta Sirani (1638 - 1665) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Elisabetta Sirani (1638 - 1665) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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