Lot 296
  • 296

Circle of Jacopo Amigoni

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacopo Amigoni
  • Susannah and the Elders
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Private Collection, Italy.

Literature

F. Malaguzzi Valeri, 'Ignoti dipinti veneti del Settecento a Milano', in Rassegna d'Arte, 1914, XIV, p. 5, reproduced p. 4, as Jacopo Amigoni.

Condition

The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is secure and preserves much of its original impasto under a very dirty old vanish. Inspection under UV light reveals an area of retouching work along the lower margin, in her profile, beneath her left thigh and scattered minor work elsewhere. Offered in a gilt wood and plaster frame in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

See note to previous lot.