Francesco da Ponte, called Francesco Bassano the Younger Bassano del Grappa circa 1549 - 1592 Venice

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

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Description

Francesco da Ponte, called Francesco Bassano il Giovane the Younger
Orpheus Charming the Animals
oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, July 31,1953, lot 127 (as Bassano), for 38 Guineas to Klein;
Dr. and Mrs. Michael W. Freeman, thence by descent to the present owner.

Catalogue Note

The composition exists in versions by both Francesco and Leandro Bassano, and is one of the rare mythological subjects treated by the family. A version of the composition was in the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, and was engraved for the Theatrum Pictorium, the catalogue David Teniers made of the collection.