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Pietro Facchetti

Portrait of an antiquarian amongst the ruins of the Colosseum

Lot Closed

April 29, 01:05 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Pietro Facchetti

Mantua 1535 - 1619 Rome

Portrait of an antiquarian amongst the ruins of the Colosseum


oil on canvas

unframed: 106.4 x 88.5 cm.; 41⅞ x 34⅞ in.

framed: 129 x 111 cm.; 50¾ x 43¾ in.

Anonymous sale, Paris, Drouot-Richelieu, 30 May 2018, lot 109 (as Attributed to Facchetti);
Where acquired by the present owner.
We are gratetul to Dott. Antonio Vannugli for endorsing the attribution to Pietro Facchetti following inspection of digital images. Dott. Francesco Petrucci also tentatively endorses this attribution based on images. They both date the picture to the last quarter of the 16th century.