0084
Alessandro Gherardini
(Florenz 1655 - 1726 Livorno)
„The Infant Christ“
oil on canvas
99 x 73.5 cm
old label on the reverse: Murillo. / 226 / "The Infant Christ" ...
Provenance
1895 art dealer, London (according to the label on the reverse);
sale Dorotheum, Vienna, 11th November 1980, lot 308 (as Alessandro Gherardini);
sale Dorotheum, Vienna, 15th September 1982, lot 371 (as Alessandro Gherardini);
since then private property, Austria
We are grateful to Prof. Riccardo Lattuada for identifying and confirming the painting as a work by Alessandro Gherardini (on the basis of a professional photograph).
The painting is registered in the database of the Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna, under entry 52730.
Estimate: € 1.500 - 3.000
Auction is closed.