Pietro Bardellino

Zeus and Ganymede

Lot Closed

December 8, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a European Private Collector

Pietro Bardellino

Napoli 1728-1819

Zeus and Ganymede

oil on canvas

unframed: 50.3 x 38 cm.; 19⅞ x 15 in.

framed: 60.8 x 49.1 cm.; 24 x 19⅜ in.

Anonymous sale, Milan, Sotheby's, 2 December 1999, lot 222;
Where acquired by the father of the present owner.

We are grateful to Prof. Nicola Spinosa for endorsing the attribution to Pietro Bardellino on the basis of digital images. He dates the work to Bardellino's formative years, around 1750, when his style was influenced by Francesco de Mura (1696–1782).

A comparable version of the subject by the artist, horizontal in format and on copper, is listed on the Zeri archive.¹

¹ http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/scheda/opera/65184/Bardellino%20Pietro%2C%20Giove%20e%20Ganimede