ID 1086630
Lot 22 | ORAZIO BORGIANNI (ROME 1576/8-1616)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
The Death of Lucretia
oil on canvas
55 ½ x 38 1⁄8 in. (140.8 x 96.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 1985, lot 86, as 'Lionello Spada'.
Witten Harris, San José, CA.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 January 1990, lot 78, as 'Lionello Spada'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 27 January 2000, lot 121, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford, 1979, p. 39, under 'Unknown French Caravaggesque'.
B. Nicolson and L. Vertova, Caravaggism in Europe, I, Turin, 1990, p. 91; II, pl. 743, as 'Caravaggesque, unknown French'.
G. Papi, Orazio Borgianni, Soncino, 1993, p. 123, no. 34, pl. XLVII.
Exhibited
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, From Sacred to Sensual: Italian Paintings 1400-1750, 20 January-14 March 1998, p. 68, illustrated.
| Artist: | Orazio Borgianni (1574 - 1616) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Baroque, Mannerism, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Orazio Borgianni (1574 - 1616) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Baroque, Mannerism, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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