The Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views (Apollonio Domenichini)

"The following condition report has been provided by Henry Gentle, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. The original canvas is lined in order to consolidate and reinforce the extensive tears , visible by their discoloured retouchings, in the sky. The bottom edge of the picture has been augmented where paint loss has occurred . Apart from the tears to the sky the paint layer is in a good condition . there is only a moderately discoloured varnish."
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In a private communication to the owner, Dott. Dario Succi attributes this painting to the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views, whom Succi has identified as Apollonio Domenichini.¹  The artist's eponymous works are held in the Langmatt Foundation in Zurich, from which the artist takes his name.

A painting of the same composition, with almost identical staffage, was offered London, Bonhams, 9 July 2003, lot 32, as a work by the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views.

1.  See D. Succi, "Il Sottile Fascino di un Anonimo Veneziano," in Mithos Venedig, exhibition catalogue, Baden 1994, pp. 38-51.