An Italian Collecting Journey - Chapter II

Attributed to Bartolomeo Bettera

Still life with musical instruments, a globe and a carpet on a ledge, an embroidered curtain above

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Attributed to Bartolomeo Bettera

Bergamo 1639–after 1688 Milan

Still life with musical instruments, a globe and a carpet on a ledge, an embroidered curtain above

oil on canvas

unframed: 57.7 x 77.5 cm.; 22¾ x 30½ in.

framed: 102.4 x 122.5 cm.; 40¼ x 48¼ in.

Private collection, Bergamo, by 1969;

Acquired subsequently by the present owner.

Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, L’Art et la Musique, 30 May – 30 September 1969, no. 22 (as Bartolomeo Bettera).

G. Martin-Mery, L’Art et la Musique, exh. cat., Bordeaux 1969, p. 15, no. 22 (as Bartolomeo Bettera);

Collezioni private bergamasche, vol. III, Bergamo 1982, n.p., no. 931, reproduced (as attibuted to Bartolomeo Bettera);

M. Rosci, 'Bartolomeo e Bonaventura Bettera', in I pittori bergamaschi dal XIII al XIX secolo. Il Seicento, vol. III, Bergamo 1985, p. 166, no. 36, reproduced p. 182, fig. 4 (under 'opere attribuite').

We are grateful to Dott. Alberto Crispo for endorsing the attribution to Bartolomeo Bettera on the basis of digital images. An alternative attribution to Bonaventura Bettera (1663–after 1718) has been proposed.

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