Venezianisch (Pietro Liberi ?) – Drei Musizierende mit Streichinstrumenten (Three musicians with string instruments)

Oil on canvas, relined, after Paolo Veronese. (17th century). 40.1 x 66.6 cm. Framed.

Provenance: Provenienz: Sammlung Conte de Sommariva, 1839; Sammlung Prinzessin Mathilde; Sammlung Baron Vita, diese und die vorausgehenden Besitzer verso auf altem Klebeetikett gelistet; Sotheby's, Auktion, wohl 1960er Jahre, verso mit diversen Klebeetiketten, Los 192; Richard H. Zinser (1884-1984), New York; seitdem in Familienbesitz, USA. Artist Name: Venezianisch (Pietro Liberi ?) Exhibited: Ausstellung: Meisterwerke aus baden-württembergischem Privatbesitz, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1958/59 (ausgestellt als Paolo Veronese). Literature: Literatur: Ugo Ruggeri, Pietro e Marco Liberi. Pittori nella Venezia del Seicento, Rimini 1996, S. 123, Kat.-Nr. P 25, mit Abb. S. 124 (als Pietro Liberi). Notes: Öl auf Leinwand, doubliert, nach Paolo Veronese. (17. Jh.). 40,1 x 66,6 cm. Gerahmt.

After a fresco by Paolo Caliari, known as "il Veronese", in the Stanza dell'amore coniugale, Villa Barbaro, in Maser (Treviso). Exhibited in the Stuttgart State Gallery in 1958/59, the string tercet was still attributed to Veronese before Rodolfo Pallucchini suggested a Venetian painter of the 17th century, namely Pietro Liberi (1605-1687). Liberi studied under Alessandro Varotari ("il Padovanino"), also from Padua, and was thus a descendant of the great Venetian painting tradition of the Cinquecento.

The painting was once in the collection of Jakob Goldschmidt (1882-1955), Berlin and New York and was sold at Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt/Main, auction 23 June 1936 (art property of a Berlin collector), lot 89 (as: Paolo Veronese). A fair and just solution in accordance with the Washington Principles has been agreed with the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt and will be signed before the auction.

Taxation: Differenzbesteuert zzgl. 7% (VAT: Margin Scheme (non EU))