Giacinto Gimignani

Relined. under a dirty and uneven old varnish. surface has been slightly pressed in the relining and canvas slightly buckling at lower right. the paint surface has been generally well retained and figures and landscape read very well. some old, discolored retouches can be seen on flesh tones and there is an old, crudely repaired puncture (?) on tree trunk at far right side. under UV: there are a few retouches to the figures, some in landscape between figures of Adam and Eve, and at far right on tree trunk as mentioned. this painting has not been attended to in a long time and would benefit from careful restoration which should improve its overall appearance. In an elaborately carved and gilt wood frame with some cracks and losses.
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We are grateful to Ursula Fischer Pace for confirming this painting to be a work by Gimingnani, based on images.  She knows of two other paintings of this subject by the artist, one in the Rospigliosi collection, Pistoia of circa 1652, and another formerly with Carlo Sestieri, Rome (47.5 by 65.5 cm.), also from the 1650s.