Giovanni Bilivert

Lot 8: Giovanni Bilivert (Florence 1585-1644)

Name: Giovanni Bilivert (Florence 1585-1644)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: f4793680e5

Est: £100,000 GBP - £150,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 04, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Giovanni Bilivert (Florence 1585-1644)
A Female Allegory
signed with initials and dated 'GB.IN·F·16[..]' (lower right)
oil on canvas
57¼ x 43¾ in. (145.4 x 111.1 cm.)
in a 17th century Italian carved and gilded cassetta frame

Artist or Maker

Giovanni Bilivert

Literature

C. Monbeig Goguel, Dessins baroques florentins du musée du Louvre, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1981, p. 95, under no. 55, illustrated.
R. Contini, Bilivert, Florence, 1985, pp. 126-7, no. 69, pl. 83.
F. Baldassari, La Pittura del Seicento a Firenze. Indice degli artisti e delle loro opera, Turin, 2009, p. 147, as dated '1641 or 1644?'.

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner.
Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, 1945, inv. 41, whence restituted to the father of the present owner in 1993.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale

Christie's

December 04, 2012, 06:30 PM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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