Giovan Battista Trotti

Lot 87: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TROTTI, CALLED IL MALOSSO

Name: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TROTTI, CALLED IL MALOSSO
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 6aab3057ad

Est: £15,000 GBP - £20,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomApril 10, 2013

Item Overview

Description

THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY
CREMONA 1555 - 1619 PARMA
PORTRAIT OF A MAN, SEATED AT A TABLE WITH AN OPEN BOOK, READING A LETTER
oil on canvas
80 by 60 cm.; 31 1/2 by 23 5/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Giovan Battista Trotti

Exhibited

Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Mostra del ritratto italiano dalla fine del XVI secolo all'anno 1861, March - July 1911, no. 35.

Literature

M. Campori, Raccolta di cataloghi ed inventarii..., Modena 1870, pp. 271-286;
Mostra del ritratto italiano dalla fine del XVI secolo all'anno 1861, exhibition catalogue, Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, March - July 1911, p. 160, cat. no. 35;
C. Vanzetto, in M. Gregori ed., I Campi. La cultura artistica cremonese del cinquecento, Milan 1985, p. 247, cat. no. 1.29.9, reproduced.

Provenance

In the collection of the present owners since at least 1911.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings

Sotheby's

April 10, 2013, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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