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FRANCESCO COZZA (STILO DI CALABRIA 1605-1682 ROME)

Lot 29
05.02.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1358491
Lot 29 | FRANCESCO COZZA (STILO DI CALABRIA 1605-1682 ROME)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
FRANCESCO COZZA (STILO DI CALABRIA 1605-1682 ROME)
Erminia seeking refuge with the shepherds
oil on canvas
39 x 53 1/8 in. (99.1 x 134.8 cm.), with additions of 1/4 in. (0.7 cm.) to each edge




Provenance

William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779–1860), Heytesbury, Wilstshire, by 1857.
Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Bt. (1896-1976); Christie's, London, 11 July 1930, lot 109, as 'P.F. Mola'.
Private collection, England, acquired in the 1930s, and by descent until sold,
[Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 9 July 1999, lot 69, as 'Attributed to Francesco Cozza', where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

(Probably) G.F. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London, 1857, supplement, p. 390, as 'Nicolas Poussin. -2. Erminia on a piebald horse, seeking refuge with the shepherds. Finely composed, and Herminia of noble profile. The landscape background also excellent. The conspicuous spots of the horse, however, rather disturb the keeping'.
A. Pigler, Barockthemen, II, Budapest, 1956, p. 438, as 'Pierfrancesco Mola'.
'Report on July's Old Master sales, London: Top-quality appetites', The Art Newspaper, X, 95, September 1999, p. 66.
Artist:Francesco Cozza (1605 - 1682)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Genre:Mythological painting
Place of origin:Italy
Auction house category:Paintings
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