MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA) - photo 1
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MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)

Lot 38
31.01.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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$ 403 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1126218
Lot 38 | MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)
Estimate value
$ 350 000 – 550 000
MATTIA PRETI (TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613-1699 VALLETTA, MALTA)

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

oil on canvas

41 ½ x 79 ¾ in. (105.4 x 202.6 cm.)





Provenance

(Possibly) Antonio Caputo, Naples.

Francesco Parisio, Vevey, where acquired in December 1973 by the following,

with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, where acquired in October 1979 by the uncle of the present owner.



Literature

J.T. Spike, 'La Carriera Pittorica di Mattia Preti' in Mattia Pretti, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1989, pp. 44-45.

J.T. Spike, Mattia Preti: Catalogo ragionato dei dipinti, Taverna, 1999, p. 156, no. 64, illustrated.

K. Sciberras, Mattia Preti Life and Works, Valletta, 2020, p. 305, no. 426.



Exhibited

London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Italian Paintings, 1550-1780, 1976, no. 17.
Artist:Mattia Preti (1613 - 1699)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Place of origin:Italy
Auction house category:Paintings
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