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The Property of a Gentleman

Stefano Magnasco

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Lot Closed

July 8, 02:21 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

Stefano Magnasco

Genoa circa 1635 - circa 1670/3

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine


oil on canvas

unframed: 126.5 x 169.9 cm.; 49¾ x 66⅞ in.

framed: 141.8 x 186.4 cm.; 55⅞ x 73⅜ in.

Anonymous sale ('Property from a Private Collection'), London, Sotheby's, 11 July 2002, lot 196 (as Genoese School, 17th Century), where acquired by the present owner.
A. Marengo and A. Orlando, 'Giovanni Battista Merano allievo di Valerio. Metodo e stile dall’abbozzo all’affresco', in Valerio Castello. Percorsi di approfondimento, Atti del convegno del 5-6 giugno 2008, L. Leoncini and D. Sanguineti (eds), Alessandria 2010, p. 219, cat. no. 5, reproduced fig. 13 (as Giovanni Battista Merano, dated circa 1660-70).