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François de Nomé, called Monsù Desiderio Metz circa 1593 - after 1644 Naples
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Description
- François de Nomé, called Monsù Desiderio
- Venice, a view of the Molo and the Piazzetta from the Bacino di San Marco
- oil on canvas, unframed
Provenance
J.H.C. Baring Esq., 9 March 1929 (according to a label on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 July 1936, lot 57, to Ewers (as "Italian School").
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 July 1936, lot 57, to Ewers (as "Italian School").
Literature
A.E. Austin, in The fantastic Visions of Monsù Desiderio at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, Sarasota, Graphic Arts, 1950, p. 22, cat. no. 34, reproduced plate 35;
F. Sluys, Didier Barra et François de Nomé dits Monsù Desiderio, Paris 1961, p. 59, no. 14 (with erroneous 1923 Christie's provenance);
M.R. Nappi, François De Nomé e Didier Barra, l'enigma Monsù Desiderio, Milan & Rome 1991, pp. 83-4, cat. no. A 31, reproduced on p. 84 (as location unknown).