Lot 639
  • 639

Attributed to Antonio Tempesta

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Antonio Tempesta
  • Ships in a storm, with shipwrecked figures in the foreground, a view of a town beyond
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 1/2 by 47 in.; 72.4 by 119.4 cm.

Provenance

With Filippo Zito, Rome;
From whom acquired in 1999.

Condition

Oil on canvas, with a relatively new lining. The picture surface is clean and fresh, if somewhat flattened. Some minor thinness and abrasion, especially evident in the sky. Under UV light, there are scattered dots and dashes of retouching throughout the picture to address previous thinness, strengthening to some of the darks, and some dots and dashes to address minor losses throughout the sky. Framed in a handcarved gold frame and ready to hang in its current condition.
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