Old Master Paintings, Part 2

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Lot 304
  • 304

Daniele Crespi Busto Arsizio circa 1597 - 1630 Milan

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Description

  • Daniele Crespi
  • Christ as Salvator Mundi
  • inscribed on the reverse of the panel in an old hand: Daniele Crespi
  • oil on panel, in a period carved and gilt wood frame (the reverse of which is stamped with a cross and initials "GG")

Catalogue Note

The painting can be dated on grounds of style to the second half of the 1620s.

We are grateful to Nancy Ward Neilson for pointing out that another version of this painting, generally accepted as by Crespi, is in the collection of the Banca Popolare di Sondrio.