Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Roman School, 17th Century
An Allegory of Painting
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Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Roman School, 17th century
An Allegory of Painting
oil on canvas
unframed: 125 x 93.6 cm.; 49¼ x 36⅞ in.
framed: 142.5 x 111.5 cm.; 56⅛ x 43⅞ in.
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, mid-1950s;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D437), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
L. Daniel, O. Pujmanová, M. Togner, M. Soukup (eds), Italian Painting of the 14th-18th Centuries from Olomouc Collections. Olomouc Picture Gallery, vol. I, Olomouc 1996, pp. 131-34, no. 73, reproduced p. 133 (as Simone Pignoni[?]);
L. Daniel, Italská Renesance a Baroko ve Střední Evropě. Příspěvky z Mezinárodní Konference Olomouc 17-18 Října 2003, Olomouc 2005, reproduced on the cover of publication.
We are grateful to Dr Erich Schleier and Dr Francesco Petrucci, who suggest this work was painted in Rome, during the second half of the 17th century.