拍品专文
Giuliano Briganti, Pietro da Cortona, 1982, pp.209-10, lists four versions of this composition; of these, the picture in the Louvre
(loc. cit., no.58 and pl.158) is generally regarded as the prime original, almost certainly executed, along with a pendant 'Laban searching for his Idols' (Bristol City Art Gallery; ibid, pp.210-11, no.61, and pl.157), for the Barberini family, circa 1630-35. The other versions were formerly in the Rumjatzeff Museum, Moscow (ibid, p.210, no.60; tentatively accepted as autograph on the basis of an old photograph), formerly in the Bamberg Museum, and formerly in an English private collection (ibid, p.210, no.59). That picture may be the present work, although the size given is 195 x 175cm.; it was published by Irma A. Richter, A Rediscovered Painting by Pietro da Cortona, Apollo, vol.XIV, no.83, Nov. 1931, p.286 and pl.2, as the prime original
We are grateful to Dottore Mina Gregori and Professore Giuliano Briganti for their help in the cataloguing of this lot
(loc. cit., no.58 and pl.158) is generally regarded as the prime original, almost certainly executed, along with a pendant 'Laban searching for his Idols' (Bristol City Art Gallery; ibid, pp.210-11, no.61, and pl.157), for the Barberini family, circa 1630-35. The other versions were formerly in the Rumjatzeff Museum, Moscow (ibid, p.210, no.60; tentatively accepted as autograph on the basis of an old photograph), formerly in the Bamberg Museum, and formerly in an English private collection (ibid, p.210, no.59). That picture may be the present work, although the size given is 195 x 175cm.; it was published by Irma A. Richter, A Rediscovered Painting by Pietro da Cortona, Apollo, vol.XIV, no.83, Nov. 1931, p.286 and pl.2, as the prime original
We are grateful to Dottore Mina Gregori and Professore Giuliano Briganti for their help in the cataloguing of this lot