Placido Costanzi
Madonna and Child before a green curtain
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May 26, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Placido Costanzi
Rome 1702 - 1759
Madonna and Child before a green curtain
faintly signed and dated beneath a discolored varnish on stone parapet at right: P.C.F. / 1751
oil on canvas
canvas: 39 ⅛ by 29 ⅛ in.; 99.4 by 74.0 cm.
framed: 46 ⅞ by 36 ⅞ in.; 119.1 by 93.7 cm.
A chameleon-like artist, Placido Costanzi came from a family of artists (both his father and brother were lapidaries) and spent most of his career in Rome. This Madonna and Child, a painting that dates from Costanzi's late period, reveals the influence of Pompeo Batoni and Gaspare Traversi.
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