Copy after LUCA GIORDANO
Copy after LUCA GIORDANO
(1634 Naples 1705)Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.Oil on canvas.67 × 84.2 cm.
Lot 6050* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- Hohenzollern family collection.
- Auction Henschen, Wuppertal, 10 January 1963, lot 41 (as Paolo de Matteis).
- 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. 105, cat. no. 48 (with ill.) (as Paolo de Matteis, 'Esther und Ahasver').
This painting is based on a work by Luca Giordano in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich (inv. no. 6251).
Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Slight stretcher marks and minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few smaller areas of retouching visible on the figures, along the craquelure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 81.8 × 99.9 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
Copy after LUCA GIORDANO
(1634 Naples 1705)Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.Oil on canvas.67 × 84.2 cm.
Lot 6050* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- Hohenzollern family collection.
- Auction Henschen, Wuppertal, 10 January 1963, lot 41 (as Paolo de Matteis).
- 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. 105, cat. no. 48 (with ill.) (as Paolo de Matteis, 'Esther und Ahasver').
This painting is based on a work by Luca Giordano in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich (inv. no. 6251).
Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Slight stretcher marks and minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few smaller areas of retouching visible on the figures, along the craquelure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 81.8 × 99.9 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
