Lot No. 319


Francesco Curradi


Francesco Curradi - Old Master Paintings

(Florence 1570–1661)
Artemisia,
oil on canvas, 204 x 119.5 cm, unframed

Provenance:
Private European collection

We are grateful to Massimo Pulini for confirming the attribution of the present painting and for his help in cataloguing.

The present painting relates to a larger composition Queen Artemisia drinks the ashes of Germanicus, developed by Francesco Curradi in at least two paintings, in the Villa Medicea La Petraia, Florence, and in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Pulini dates the present painting to 1620s, when moralizing and courteous subjects were popular in Tuscany. The solemnly, dynamic pose of Artemisia is also used by Curradi for the figure of the protagonist in The Triumph of Judith, in the Musée des Augustine, Toulouse (inv. no. 2004 1.48).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com

15.12.2020 - 16:46

Estimate:
EUR 10,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 9,000.-

Francesco Curradi


(Florence 1570–1661)
Artemisia,
oil on canvas, 204 x 119.5 cm, unframed

Provenance:
Private European collection

We are grateful to Massimo Pulini for confirming the attribution of the present painting and for his help in cataloguing.

The present painting relates to a larger composition Queen Artemisia drinks the ashes of Germanicus, developed by Francesco Curradi in at least two paintings, in the Villa Medicea La Petraia, Florence, and in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Pulini dates the present painting to 1620s, when moralizing and courteous subjects were popular in Tuscany. The solemnly, dynamic pose of Artemisia is also used by Curradi for the figure of the protagonist in The Triumph of Judith, in the Musée des Augustine, Toulouse (inv. no. 2004 1.48).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 15.12.2020 - 16:46
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 08.12. - 15.12.2020

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