CIRCLE OF PAOLO DE' MATTEIS | AN ALLEGORY OF PROSPERITY AND THE ARTS IN THE CITY OF NAPLES; AND TRIUMPH OF GALATEA WITH A VIEW OF MESSINA BEYOND, AND A PORTRAIT OF CHARLES VI (1685-1740), HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, HELD ALOFT BY VICTORY

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

CIRCLE OF PAOLO DE' MATTEIS
AN ALLEGORY OF PROSPERITY AND THE ARTS IN THE CITY OF NAPLES; AND TRIUMPH OF GALATEA WITH A VIEW OF MESSINA BEYOND, AND A PORTRAIT OF CHARLES VI (1685-1740), HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, HELD ALOFT BY VICTORY

a pair, both oil on canvas, in carved and gilt wood frames
the former: 54.5 x 106.7 cm.; 21½ x 42 in.
the latter: 52.2 x 104.5 cm.; 20½ x 41⅛ in.
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Condition Report:
Both canvases are lined, and both paint surfaces are dirty with discoloured varnishes. Both in overall good condition.
The former: There are visible retouchings in the centre of the sky and in part of the putto's pink drapery to previous losses. Other small retouchings are visible to the naked eye scattered through the flesh tones of the figures. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms these and reveals some more recent retouchings around the silhouette of Neptune and the foremost nymph in the water.
The latter: Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals some concentrated areas of retouching in the cliff along the right-hand margin, and some smaller areas around the figures in the foreground, the putti holding the drapery centre, as well as scattered in the clouds upper left.

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Provenance:
Probably acquired by Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (1768-1854) and Mary Clements, Countess of Leitrim (1785-1840).