Placido Costanzi Rome 1702 - 1759

Collection Jacob, 2nd Earl of Radnor, by 1814 ;
Collection Jacob, 6th Earl of Radnor, vente Christie's à Londres, le 27 juillet 1945, lot 8 (à Nabin) ;
Collection Andrea Busiri Vici, Rome, en 1959 ;
Galerie P & D Colnaghi & Co, Londres, 1974 ; 
Vente Sotheby's à New York, le 15 janvier 1993, lot 96 ;
Galerie Newhouse, New York ; 
Vente Christie's à New York, le 15 avril 2008, lot 43, vendu 79 000 $

Il Settecento a Roma, Rome, 1959, n° 170 et 171 ;
Paintings by Old Masters, Londres, Colnaghi, 1974, n° 30 et 32

Catalogue of the Pictures at Longford Castle, 1898, p. 17;
Helen Matilda, Countess of Radnor, Catalogue of the pictures in the collection of the Earl of Radnor, 1910, p. 85, n. 128-129 (deuxième édition publiée en 1928);
A Busiri, Vici, Jan Frans Van Bloemen, Orrizzonte e l'origine del paesaggio romano settecentesco, Torino, 1973, p. 140, p. 144, figs 169-170 reproduit ;
G. Sestieri, Repertorio della pittura romana della fine del Seicento e del Settecento, Turin, 1994, I, p. 66, II, nos. 365-366 reproduit

To the naked eye : The paintings appear in very good condition. Both have been painted on copper plates perfectly straight and well preserved. The pictorial material is perfectly stable. We don’t notice any loss or restoration under the naked eye. Both copper have been properly cleaned, most probably at the end of the 20th century. The cleaning has preserved the glazes. Under U.V. light: Le Christ et la Samaritaine: The painting appears under a thick green uniform varnish. We notice some repaints in the Christ’s arm and the blue drapery, as well as some slight repaints in the Samaritan’s leg. Noli me tangere: The painting appears under a green uniform varnish. We notice a repaint on the pink drapery of Maria Magdalena.
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