Lot 165
  • 165

Gaetano Piattoli

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gaetano Piattoli
  • self-portrait
  • Colored chalks, within a drawn oval;
    signed in red chalk, lower margin: G. Piattoli f:;
    bears inscriptions in black chalk, verso: 294a/ VII 14 ? Gaetano Piattoli / 1703-1770 / EK 2548

Provenance

Arthur Feldmann, Brno;
looted by the Gestapo;
Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno (their mark, and inventory no. 3191);
Moravská galerie, Brno;
restituted to the heirs of Arthur Feldmann in 2003;
bears another, unidentified collector's mark, verso: SL (stamp)

Condition

Repaired cut across bottom. Some surface dirt. Otherwise good and fresh.
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Catalogue Note

Gaetano Piattoli is documented as a portrait painter, active in Florence.  See the introduction to lots 56-62 above.