Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part II
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part II
Antonio Franchi
Saint Apollonia
Lot Closed
July 7, 12:12 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Antonio Franchi
Lucca 1638–1709 Florence
Saint Apollonia
unframed: 70 x 57 cm.; 27½ x 22½ in.
framed: 96.3 x 81 cm.; 37⅞ x 31⅞ in.
Possibly Blaisdon Hall, Gloucestershire;
Offered anonymously, London, Christie's, 7 April 1995, lot 204 (as Attributed to Pietro Dandini), unsold;
Private collection, UK.
This painting relates to another composition by Franchi offered at auction in 2009.1 Another Saint Apollonia by the artist is recorded in the Convent of the Visitation, Siena.2
We are grateful to Dott.ssa Francesca Baldassari for endorsing the attribution to Antonio Franchi on the basis of digital images.
1 Oil on canvas, 77 x 59 cm. Dorotheum, Vienna, 6 October 2009, lot 207, unsold.
2 S. Bellesi, Catalogo dei pittori fiorentini del '600 e '700. Biografie e opere, Florence 2009, vol. 1, p. 152.