Lot 187: Francisco Rizi de Guevara (Madrid, 1614-1685)

Francisco Rizi de Guevara (Madrid, 1614-1685)
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple with Saints Anne and Joachim
signed and dated '1664 Regi.υo Hispã. Pict.υr Fran.υo Riciυo fe.' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
78¾ x 56¾ in. (200 x 144.2 cm.)

(Probably) I. Bosarte, Viaje artstico a varios pueblos de España, Madrid, 1804, pp. 81-2 (reprinted with an introduction by Pérez Sánchez, Madrid, 1977).
(Probably) V. Carderera y Solano, Catálogo y descripción sumaria, Madrid, 1887.
(Probably) Conde de la Viñaza, Adiciones al Diccionario histórico de Ceán Bermúdez, Madrid, 1889-1894, III, p. 315.
(Possibly) Marqués de Lozoya, private communication to Angulo.
D. Angulo Iñiguez, 'Francisco Rizi: Su vida. Cuadros religiosos fechados anteriores a 1670', in Archivo Español de Arte, XXXI, 1958, pp. 113-5, notes 63 and 64, pl. 16.
A.E. Pérez Sánchez, Carreo, Rizi, Herrera y la Pintura Madrileña de su tiempo, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, Museo del Prado, Palacio de Villahermosa, 1986, pp. 78-9.

(Possibly) Santa Maria del Parral, Segovia.
(Probably) Convent of the Capuchins, Madrid, where seen by Bosarte before 1804, and by Carderera before 1887, as recorded by Viñaza.
Private collection, Madrid, 1958.

PROPERTY OF A SPANISH NOBLE FAMILY

Francisco Rizi de Guevara (Madrid, 1614-1685)
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple with Saints Anne and Joachim
signed and dated '1664 Regi.υo Hispã. Pict.υr Fran.υo Riciυo fe.' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
78¾ x 56¾ in. (200 x 144.2 cm.)