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The Property of a Gentleman

Circle of Giovanni Andrea Sirani

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.

Private collection, London;
Acquired in 2002 by the late father of the present owner.

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.