ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI | A female martyr saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria | 阿爾泰米西婭・真蒂萊斯基 | 《殉道聖女，應為亞歷山大的聖加大肋納》

Property from a Private Collection, U.K.
英國私人收藏
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
阿爾泰米西婭・真蒂萊斯基
Rome 1593 - after January 1654 Naples
1593年生於羅馬，1654年1月後卒於拿坡里
A female martyr saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria
《殉道聖女，應為亞歷山大的聖加大肋納》

oil on canvas
油彩畫布
90.2 x 75 cm.; 35½ x 29½ in.
90.2 x 75公分；35 ½ x 29 ½英寸

Condition Report:
The following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:

Artemesia Gentilleschi
St. Catherine
Oil on canvas, in a period gilt frame in good condition

The original canvas has been recently lined. The paint layer is stable and secure. A slightly raised vertical ridge , approximately 5cm in length, can be seen at the centre top.
A strip down the left hand edge, 2cm in width, has been restored, there has also been augmentation to the right hand edge.

The paint layer is very well preserved.

There has been some strengthening of the sky, upper right, and a scattering of restorations to St. Catherine's forehead and along her jawline where it meets her ear can be detected , mostly to reduce fine dark cracking and thinness to the paint layer. The back of her hand has been slightly augmented to, the restoration is unsympathetic , however.

Further inappropriate recent augmentation can be seen through the folds of the red dress of the Madonna.

There is a natural thinness to parts of her white shirt, a consequence of ageing paint, but the folds of her shirt and dress are well preserved and retain a crisp sculptural quality.
Subtle nuances and fine details remain intact and the colours saturate strongly.

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Provenance:
Acquired in Palm Springs, U.S.A. in the early 1940s by a private collector;

By inheritance to his daughter;

By whom sold, anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 24 April 1995, lot 66;

Anonymous sale (‘Property from a Private Collection’), New York, Christie's, 6 April 2006, lot 247, where acquired by the present owner.