FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALVI, CALLED SASSOFERRATO | MADONNA AND CHILD

This is a late 18th century or early 19th century copy after a composition by Sassoferrato, a version of which sold at Sotheby's in 2013.¹ The number of replicas that exist of this composition attest to the great popularity of Sassoferrato's devotional images.

1. Oil on canvas, unlined, 48 by 38.7 cm. See anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 6 June 2013, lot 54, for 185,000 USD.