Lot 153: Ginevra Cantofoli , Bologna 1608-1672 an allegory of vanity oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 92 by 72.5 cm.; 36 1/4 by 28 1/2 in.

G. Milantoni. 'Michele Desubleo', in Dizionaro biografico degli Italiani, vol. 39, Rome 1991, pp. 453, as by Michele Desubleo;
A. Cottino, 'Michele Desubleo', in M. Pirondini and E. Negro, La Scuola di Guido Reni, Modena 1992, p. 214, as by Michele Desubleo;
E.A. Safarik, Die Melancholie Veneziens, exhibition catalogue, Salzburg 2003, pp. 29-30;
M. Pulini, Ginevra Cantofoli. La nuova nascita di una pittrice nella Bologna del Seicento, Bologna 2006, pp. 122-4, no. 32, reproduced.

Eduardo Moratilla, Paris;
Eduard Safarik, Rome, acquired in 1969.

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