Giorgio de Chirico *

(Volos, Greece 1888–1978 Rome)
Cavallo e cavaliere, early 1960s, signed G. de Chirico, signed Giorgio de Chirico on the reverse with notarial certification, oil on canvas laid on cardboard, 30 x 40 cm, framed
This work is registered in the Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome and is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity.

Provenance:
Galleria Sianesi, Milan (stamp on the reverse)
European Private Collection (acquired from the above)
thence by descent
Sale: Christie's Milan, 27 November 2007, lot 316
European Private Collection
Sale: Dorotheum Vienna, 26 November 2009, lot 293
European Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)

" … Rubens' painting has always given me the impression of the miraculous, and continues to do so more than ever. The conception of the picture, the composition, the execution are of such perfection, such certainty and freedom (this is true artistic freedom), that anyone who truly understands painting cannot but think of wonder, that mysterious wonder which is true art, great art that a man, granted such grace, was able to create with his works." – Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio De Chirico, Manuscript, anastatic reproduction. Historia. Cino del Duca, 1960s