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Studio of Carlo Dolci Florence 1616 - 1687
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Description
- Carlo Dolci
- Saint Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence
- inscribed on the reverse with the inventory number: 128
- oval, oil on canvas
Provenance
Purchased in Florence in 1882 (according to an inscription on the stretcher);
Sale, ('The Property of Valerie, Lady Bowden, deceased'), London, Sotheby's, 10 December 1980, lot 3, for £2,000, where acquired by the present collector, as 'Carlo Dolci'.
Sale, ('The Property of Valerie, Lady Bowden, deceased'), London, Sotheby's, 10 December 1980, lot 3, for £2,000, where acquired by the present collector, as 'Carlo Dolci'.
Literature
F. Baldassari, Carlo Dolci, Turin 1995, p. 91, reproduced (as a copy).
Catalogue Note
The painting accords with the description of one of a pair of paintings owned by Baldinucci and mentioned in his ‘Life of Dolci’, ‘Dipinse in due ovati due teste quanto il naturale, dico S. Antonino arcivescovo di Firenze, mitrato e in piviale, nella quale figura, oltre alla bellisima testa, che par viva, si ravvisa per bottone del piviale un maraviglioso giojello di perle e gemme…’ (F. Baldinucci, Notizie…, ed. F. Ranalli, 1847, vol. V, Decennale V del Secolo V, pp. 347-8).
Please could you add to the end of the note: The traditional attribution to Dolci was endorsed by the late Dr. Charles McCorquodale (written communication).