Lot 336: PROSPERO MALLERINI

ACTIVE IN ROME TOWARDS THE END OF THE 18TH AND DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
A TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE OF A PORTABLE WOODEN ALTAR WITH A ROSARY, A HAND BELL AND BOOKS LYING ON THE LEDGE BESIDE
signed and dated lower left on the altar: P.Mallerini 1832.
oil on canvas
98.5 by 74.3 cm.; 38 3/4 by 29 1/4 in.

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2009, lot 187, where acquired by the present owner.