Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I
Property from a Private Collection
Simon Vouet
A study of a bearded man, head and shoulders
Auction Closed
July 6, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Simon Vouet
Paris 1590–1649
A study of a bearded man, head and shoulders
oil on canvas
unframed: 61.1 x 46 cm.; 24 x 18¼ in.
framed: 86 x 70.5 cm.; 33⅞ x 27¾ in.
Miss Vera Palmer, Lisdonagh House, Headford, Co. Galway;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 December 2000, lot 192 (as attributed to Simon Vouet);
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 30 January 2019, lot 37, for $495,000, where acquired.
M. Gregori, in Caravaggio e l'Europa: il movimento caravaggesco internazionale da Caravaggio a Mattia Preti, exh. cat., Milan 2005, pp. 332–33, no. IV. 22, reproduced in colour;
G. Papi, in Gherardo delle Notti: quadri bizzarissimi e cene allegre, exh. cat., Florence 2015, p. 194, reproduced in colour.
Milan, Palazzo Reale and Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, Caravaggio e l'Europa: il movimento caravaggesco internazionale da Caravaggio a Mattia Preti, 15 October 2005 – 9 July 2006, no. IV. 22.