AUCTION 191 - OLD MASTERS & XIX CENTURY
Lot 47
Below is the Luciano adapter rings. Compared to 'similar work published by me in 2007 (Exhibition of the old collections works. Koelliker Alia "Brixiantiquaria" all' l 'here operates under consideration and more complete and detailed EIB Brescia of that' year), so the avvicinerei conmaggiore conviction other "Lachesis" of the Stuttgart State Museum, 1654, probably the first draft of a set of pili ten Lachesis that I know, including the original Bellotti, and executed in his studio or in the context of his school. But the present one, and certainly Peter Bellotti hand (Volciano 1625 - Gargnano 1700) for both the introspective intensity of the magnificent searching look of the old lady of the days following Fate of our lives; both for the high quality impression that the pictorial execution of the details, such as the flowered handkerchief over his head, the spindle with the thread of life, the sleeves, the garland ivy above the head, the cascade masterfully yield in painting of once the wrinkles and neck. That is a picture taken from life is credible and almost obvious - an "old" Laguna - but then enjoyed this face of an extraordinary luck at the collectors, so that became a subject "gender" in the production of Volzanese, but Venetian citizen already for a long time. In my vol. 1996 (Pietro Bellotti 1625-1700, ed. Grafo, Brescia) I published nine Lachesis; then they added another, but undoubtedly the prototype seems to be that of Stuttgart (cm 95x80,5). And it is precisely to it (and not to the various other public and private collections) that I 'here operates examined practically overlaps, without prejudice to the details of contomo that disappear here for the reduction in the size (cm. 10 in width and 5 in height) which excludes the cartouche with the name, the basket of molten rock and Stuttgart. Comparative Literature Luciano Anelli, Pietro Bellotti 1625-1700, 1996. Graph Brescia Anna Orlando (eds), Pietro Bellotti and surroundings, Venetian paintings and Lombardy between reality and "generally" from the Koelliker Collection, exhibition on the occasion of Brixia Antiques, from 17/11 to 25/11/2007.
Starting price: € 8.000,00
Estimate: € 20.000,00 - 25.000,00
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