Circle of Sebastiano Ricci
The Triumph of Galatea
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Circle of Sebastiano Ricci
The Triumph of Galatea
oil on canvas
unframed: 114.6 x 147.5 cm.; 45⅛ x 58⅛ in.
framed: 123.1 x 156.1 cm.; 48½ x 61½ in.
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Offered anonymously, London, Christie's, 9 July 2003, lot 104 (as Sebastiano Ricci), where withdrawn;
Acquired subsequently by the present owner.
Galatea's posture compares closely to that of Flora in a painting by Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) in a private collection, Ravenna.1 The triton and sea nymphs that surround her likewise find their counterparts in Ricci's Triumph of the Marine Venus, datable around 1713, in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.2
1 Oil on canvas, 114.5 x 145.7 cm.; A. Scarpa, Sebastiano Ricci, Milan 2006, pp. 287–88, no. 404, reproduced p. 550, fig. 421.
2 Inv. no. 72.PA.29; oil on canvas, 160 x 210.8 cm. Scarpa 2006, p. 234, no. 260, reproduced p. 584, fig. 485.
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