Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
The Property of a Gentleman
Minerva, Venus and Juno - The Judgement of Paris
Lot Closed
April 6, 03:05 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Circle of Giovanni Andrea Sirani
Minerva, Venus and Juno - The Judgement of Paris
oil on canvas
unframed: 89 x 120.9 cm.; 35 x 47⅝ in.
framed: 109.8 x 140.6 cm.; 43¼ x 55⅜ in.
Based on the painting of circa 1640, by Giovanni Andrea Sirani, today in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Dijon (inv. no. CAT15).1 That work is believed to replicate a now lost painting by Sirani's teacher, Guido Reni, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Mantua. Another copy of the Dijon painting is at Goodwood House, West Sussex.2
1 http://mba-collections.dijon.fr/ow4/mba/voir.xsp?id=00101-14251&qid=sdx_q0&n=1&e=
2 See S. Pepper, Guido Reni, Oxford 1984, p. 301, under no. C12.