Stefano Magnasco

Anonymous sale ('Property from a Private Collection'), London, Replica Shoes 's, 11 July 2002, lot 196 (as Genoese School, 17th century), where acquired by the present owner.

A. Marengo and A. Orlando, 'Giovanni Battista Merano allievo di Valerio. Metodo e stile dall’abbozzo all’affresco', in Valerio Castello. Percorsi di approfondimento, Atti del convegno del 5–6 giugno 2008, L. Leoncini and D. Sanguineti (eds), Alessandria 2010, p. 219, no. 5, reproduced fig. 13 (as Giovanni Battista Merano, circa 1660–70).

The present lot is accompanied by a certificate of expertise by Anna Orlando, who endorses the attribution to Stefano Magnasco, and dates it to his mature years when he was close in style to Merano but also highly influenced by the classicism of Domenico Piola. The certificate is available on request from the department.