Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Vincenzo Rustici
Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Hyacinth adoring the Madonna di Provenzano
Session begins in
December 5, 10:00 AM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Bid
7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Vincenzo Rustici
Siena 1556–1632
Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Hyacinth adoring the Madonna di Provenzano
inscribed upper centre: REGINÆ NOSTRÆ / OBSEQVIVM
indistinctly inscribed in the stone cartouche in the centre: HORUM • PRECIBVS / INVOCATA • AD[?]
inscribed lower right: • SANCTÆ HYACINTE ORAPRONOBIS •
oil on canvas
unframed: 119 x 89.3 cm.; 46⅞ x 35⅛ in.
framed: 138.5 x 109.5 cm.; 54½ x 43⅛ in.
Private collection, Genoa;
Art market, Genoa;
Where acquired by the present owner.
A highly comparable composition by the artist, also depicting saints adoring the Madonna di Provenzano, is in the Museo Archeologico e della Collegiata, Casole d'Elsa.1
We are grateful to Dott. Marco Ciampolini for endorsing the attribution to Vincenzo Rustici on the basis of digital images.
1 Oil on canvas; 98.5 x 73 cm.; M. Ciampolini, Pittori Senesi del Seicento, Poggibonsi 2010, vol. II, pp. 707–8, reproduced; https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0900125998#lg=1&slide=0
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