Master Paintings and Drawings

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Sold Without Reserve

After Guido Reni

St. Cecilia playing the violin

Lot Closed

March 23, 02:40 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Sold Without Reserve

After Guido Reni

St. Cecilia playing the violin


oil on canvas

canvas: 38 by 29 ¼ in.; 96.5 by 74.3 cm.

framed: 44 ½ by 36 in.; 113 by 91.4 cm.

The present lot is a copy of Guido's famous composition, commissioned by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati in 1606 and today in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (inv. F.1973.12.P)