- 356
Attributed to Alberto Pullicino Malta, Place Unknown 1719 - 1765 Porto Salvo
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Alberto Pullicino
- Malta, a view of Birgu, Senglea and the Santa Margherita lines taken from the Cottonera gate leading to the Salvador with the Grand Harbour of Valetta beyond
- oil on canvas
Catalogue Note
Two other versions of this view are known by Pullicino althgouh from differing view points, the former was with Rafael Valls, London (see Apollo Magazine, December 1990, D. Boswell, Malta's Canaletto: Alberto Pullicino: a painter after nature and his circle, pp. 392-398, reproduced fig. 3), the other was offered Monaco, Christie's, 4th December 1992, lot 16.