Giovanni Francesco Castiglione

Lot 41: Giovanni Francesco Castiglione (Genoa 1641-1710)

Name: Giovanni Francesco Castiglione (Genoa 1641-1710)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 51f92e51e8

Est: £250,000 GBP - £350,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 04, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione (Genoa 1641-1710)
God Creating the Animals
oil on canvas
101 3/8 x 116 3/8 in. (257.5 x 295.6 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione

Exhibited

London, The Matthiesen Gallery, Important Italian Baroque Paintings 1600-1700, 1981, no. 15, as 'Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione'.
Warsaw, Royal Castle Museum, Opus Sacrum, 1990, no. 43, as 'Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione' (catalogue entry by M. Newcome).
London, The Matthiesen Gallery, An Art Odyssey 1500-1700, 2001, no. 34, as 'Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione'.

Literature

G. Delogu, 'Pittori genovesi del '600', L'Arte, 32, 1929, p. 175, fig. 7, as 'Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione'.
A. Percy, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque, exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia, 1971, p. 42, fig. 30, as 'Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione'.

Provenance

Mauro Pellicioli, Milan, until 1936.
G. Balboni, Paris.
Genoa, by 1971.
Private collection, Switzerland.
with the Matthiesen Gallery, London, by 1979, from whom acquired by Barbara Piasecka Johnson in 1981.

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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