AUCTION 311 - OLD MASTERS & 19th CENTURY ART
Lot 171
Michelangelo Merisi, Il Caravaggio
Circle of. Saint Francis in meditation.
The Soprintendenza alle Belle Arti italiana considers this painting to be a work of national importance and requires it to remain in Italy; it cannot therefore be exported from Italy.
Provenance: London, Bonham's, July 4th 2018, lot 44.
Publication: M. Marubbi, in "Da Lotto a Caravaggio. La collezione e le ricerche di Roberto Longhi (a cura di Mina Gregori e Maria Cristina Bandera)", Marsilio, Venezia, 2016, p. 97.
M. Marubbi, Il San Francesco in preghiera di Caravaggio e i suoi doppi, in Atti delle giornate di studi. Caravaggio e i suoi. Palazzo Museo del Monte in Monte Santa Tiberina, 8-9 ottobre 2016 (a cura di Pierluigi Carofano), Pisa, Istos Edizioni, 2018, pp. 141-150.
For the full text please contact the auction house.
Starting price: € 40.000,00
Estimate: € 40.000,00 - 60.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 15 December starting from 16:00.
Do you own a work by and want to sell it?
The department of ARTE ANTICA E DEL XIX SECOLO select works of art by the artist to be included in the next auction.
Request a free valuation
Our specialists are always available to provide free and confidential valuations and appraisals.
Choose one of the following contact methods:
- Send us a request online
- Take a picture and send it via WhatsApp to 339.9908224
- Call the phone number 030 2056796
- Write to us at valutaopera@capitoliumart.it
- Book an appointment
