AUSTRIA, 18TH CENTURY

AUSTRIA, 18TH CENTURY
Madonna with the sleeping Christ Child and a vision of the cross.Oil on canvas.50.9 × 39.3 cm.

Lot 6048* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- Hans Klenk collection (1906–1983), Mainz.
- European private collection.

Exhibited:
Mainz 1968, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, 7 May–30 June 1968.

Literature:
Exh. cat. Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, ed. Hans-Jürgen Imiela, Mainz 1968, p. 45, cat. no. 18 (with ill.) (as Valerio Castello).

Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few smaller areas of retouching visible on the figures, as well as scattered areas of retouching in the sky. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 66.4 × 55.2 cm.

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