CIRCLE OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (NAPLES 1598-1680 ROME)

Portrait of an architect, half-length, in black robes, holding a pair of dividers

Price realised GBP 12,600
Estimate
GBP 10,000 – GBP 15,000
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CIRCLE OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (NAPLES 1598-1680 ROME)

Portrait of an architect, half-length, in black robes, holding a pair of dividers

Price realised GBP 12,600
Closed: 3 Jul 2024
Price realised GBP 12,600
Closed: 3 Jul 2024
Details
CIRCLE OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (NAPLES 1598-1680 ROME)
Portrait of an architect, half-length, in black robes, holding a pair of dividers
oil on canvas
30 x 24 ¼ in. (76.2 x 61.6 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Surrey, England, 1804-1974.
with Trafalgar Galleries, London, England, by 1974.
The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, by 1987, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Marini, 'Un contributo a Gianlorenzo Bernini 'al dipingere...molto inclinato', Arte Viva. Fima Antiquari, 1992, p. 42, fig. 1, as 'Gian Lorenzo Bernini'.
F. Petrucci, 'L'opera pittorica di Gian Lorenzo Bernini', in M.G. Bernardini (ed.), Bernini a Montecitorio. Ciclo di conferenze nel quarto centenario della nascita di Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Salerno, 2001, p. 91, no. 20, as 'Gian Lorenzo Bernini'.
F. Petrucci, Bernini Pittore dal disegno al 'maraviglioso composto', Rome, 2006, p. 377, no. 13, under 'ipotesi attributive, opere dubbie e di incerta attribuzione'.
Exhibited
London, The Royal Academy, Trafalgar Galleries at the Royal Academy III, 1983, as 'Gian Lorenzo Bernini'.

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