Leonardo Coccorante Naples 1680-1750

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Description

Leonardo Coccorante
An architectural capriccio with figures amongst ruins under a stormy night sky
oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 July 1972, lot 116 (£3,000).

Catalogue Note

The figure standing over the body and the figure walking through the ruins at the right reappear in exactly the same form in a work also given to Coccorante that sold New York, Christie's, 14 January 1993, lot 88.