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The Property of a Gentleman
Stefano Magnasco
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
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The Property of a Gentleman
Stefano Magnasco
Genoa circa 1635 - circa 1670/3
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
oil on canvas
unframed: 126.5 x 169.9 cm.; 49 3/4 x 66 7/8 in.
framed: 141.8 x 186.4 cm.; 55 7/8 x 73 3/8 in.
Anonymous sale ('Property from a Private Collection'), London, Sotheby's, 11 July 2002, lot 196 (as Genoese School, 17th Century), where acquired by the present owner.
A. Marengo and A. Orlando, 'Giovanni Battista Merano allievo di Valerio. Metodo e stile dall’abbozzo all’affresco', in Valerio Castello. Percorsi di approfondimento, Atti del convegno del 5-6 giugno 2008, L. Leoncini and D. Sanguineti (eds), Alessandria 2010, p. 219, cat. no. 5, reproduced fig. 13 (as Giovanni Battista Merano, dated circa 1660-70).