0057
Lavinia Fontana
(Bologna 1552 - 1614 Rom)
„Presentation at the temple“
around or before 1583
oil on canvas
143 × 103 cm
inscribed on the lower right with the letter „A“
Provenance
collection of Earls of Harrowby, England (as Ventura Salimbeni);
auction Sotheby’s London, 29th November 1961, lot 31 (as Lavinia Fontana);
auction Christie’s London, 15th December 1983, lot 88 (as Lavinia Fontana);
since the 1980s private collection, Europe
Literature
Maria Theresa Cantaro, Lavinia Fontana bolognese „pittora singolare“, Milano/Rome 1989, p. 116, no. 41 (as Lavinia Fontana);
J. Winkelmann, in: Graziano Manni (ed.)/Emilio Negro (ed.)/Massimo Pirondini (ed.), Arte emiliana. Dalle raccolte storice al nuovo collezionismo, Modena 1989, p. 45, no. 23 (as Prospero Fontana)
Certificate by Daniele Benati, Bologna, 4th May 2015, is enclosed.
We are grateful to Maria Theresa Cantaro for confirming the painting as a work by Lavinia Fontana (on the basis of professional photographs).
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Result: € 64.000 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.