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Property from a Private Canadian Collection

Follower of Sebastiano Ricci

Moses striking the rock

Lot Closed

April 6, 03:08 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Canadian Collection

Follower of Sebastiano Ricci

Moses striking the rock


oil on canvas

unframed: 73.5 x 111.9 cm.; 28⅞ x 44 in.

framed: 89 x 127 cm.; 35 x 50 in.

Joseph M. Meert de Domberg;
From whom probably acquired in December 1863 by Louis Durr (1821-1880), New York;
By whose estate donated to The New-York Historical Society, 1882 (1882.58);
Their sale, New York, Sotheby's, January 12, 1995, lot 62;
Where acquired.
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of The New-York Historical Society, New York 1915, p. 108, no. D-58 (as Andreas Both).

This painting repeats a composition by Sebastiano Ricci in the Accademia, Venice (now on loan to the Fondazione Cini, San Giorgio) which was one of three works by Ricci painted for the Church of the Monastery of SS. Cosma e Damiano alla Giudecca, Venice, probably in 1718-20.1


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