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LUCA GIORDANO (NAPLES 1632-1705) AND GIOVANNI BATTISTA RUOPPOLO (NAPLES 1629-1693)

Lot 24
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Lot 24 | LUCA GIORDANO (NAPLES 1632-1705) AND GIOVANNI BATTISTA RUOPPOLO (NAPLES 1629-1693)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
LUCA GIORDANO (NAPLES 1632-1705) AND GIOVANNI BATTISTA RUOPPOLO (NAPLES 1629-1693)
Allegory of Autumn
oil on canvas
96 ¾ x 137 ¼ in. (245.4 x 348.5 cm.)




Provenance

(Probably) Vincenzo Samuelli and Giovan Battista Bertocchi, Naples, in whose collection it was recorded in an appraisal by Abraham Brueghel and Antonio (or Andrea) del Po on behalf of Ferdinand Wondenheuvel, Naples, on 14 March 1685, Archivio di Stato di Napoli, Notai del XVII secolo, Carlo Celso De Giorgio (see Scavizzi and Ferrari, op. cit., 1992; and Lattuada, op. cit.).
(Probably) Don Gaspar Mendez de Haro y Guzmán, Marquis del Carpio (1629-1687), Naples, in whose posthumous inventory it was recorded on 17 November 1687, together with three other Seasons (nos. 1407-1410).
Barbara Piasecka Johnson (1937-2013); Christie's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 85, as 'Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo and Paolo de Matteis', with a saleroom notice stating: 'the attribution of lot 85 should read: Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo (1629-1693) and Luca Giordano (1634-1705)'.
Private collection, Germany.
with Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp, and Noortman Master Paintings BV, Amsterdam, where acquired by the father of the present owners.



Literature

G. Scavizzi and O. Ferrari, Luca Giordano: l'opera completa, Naples, 1992, I, p. 399.
G. de Vito, 'Luca Giordano e la pittura di genere; qualche riflessione', in Ricerche sul '600 napoletano: Saggi e documenti per la Storia dell'Arte, Milan, 1993, pp. 45 and 49, note 26.
R. Lattuada, 'Luca Giordano e i maestri napoletani di natura morta nelle tele per la Festa del Corpus Domini del 1684', Capolavori in festa. Effimero barocco a Largo di Palazzo (1683-1759), exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1997, pp. 160, 165-6, no. 1.11, illustrated.
F. Ribemont and P. Richard eds., Les raisins du silence: Chefs-d'œuvre de la nature morte européenne du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècles, exhibition catalogue, Bordeaux, 1999, pp. 100-1, no. 30, illustrated.
G. Scavizzi and O. Ferrari, Luca Giordano: Nuove ricerche e inediti, Naples, 2003, pp. 64 and 72, no. A0152, fig. A0152b and front cover.



Exhibited

Naples, Palazzo Reale, Capolavori in festa. Effimero barocco a Largo di Palazzo (1683-1759), 20 December 1997-15 March 1998, no. 1.11.
Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Les raisins du silence: Chefs-d'œuvre de la nature morte européenne du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècles, 14 June-30 August 1999, no. 30.
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