Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Property from the Estate of Nelson Shanks
Bernardo Strozzi
Saint Cecilia
Lot Closed
January 28, 03:52 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Nelson Shanks
Bernardo Strozzi
Genoa 1581 - 1644 Venice
Saint Cecilia
oil on canvas
canvas: 27 ¼ by 20 ⅞ in.; 69.2 by 53 cm.
framed: 36 by 30 in.; 91.4 by 76.2 cm.
Private Collection, Zurich;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 6 June 2012, lot 22;
There acquired.
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 6 June 2012, lot 22;
There acquired.
L. Mortari, Bernardo Strozzi, Rome 1995, p. 162, cat. no. 363, eproduced p. 162 and color plate XVII;
C. Manzitti, Bernardo Strozzi, Turin 2013, cat. no. 299, reproduced p. 206, fig. 299.
C. Manzitti, Bernardo Strozzi, Turin 2013, cat. no. 299, reproduced p. 206, fig. 299.
During the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the Roman martyr, Saint Cecilia, was first venerated as the patron of musicians and church music. She was a favorite subject of Strozzi who painterd her at least fifteen times. This painting is dateable to Strozzi's late Genoese period, before his move to Venice in circa 1630-1.