Lot Essay
There are versions of this portrait in the Uffizi, Florence, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Portrait of the artist, three-quarter-length, seated, holding a pencil, at an easel with a picture of Minerva
Details
Francesco de Mura (Naples 1696-1782)
Portrait of the artist, three-quarter-length, seated, holding a pencil, at an easel with a picture of Minerva
oil on canvas
50½ x 40 in. (128.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Portrait of the artist, three-quarter-length, seated, holding a pencil, at an easel with a picture of Minerva
oil on canvas
50½ x 40 in. (128.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
Heinrich Freiherr von Tucher; Cassirer und Helbing, Berlin, 8 December 1925, lot 91.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 22 June 1985, lot 134.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1987, lot 20.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 22 June 1985, lot 134.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1987, lot 20.
Literature
The Golden Age of Naples, exhibition catalogue, Detroit Institute of Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, 1980, pp. 131-132, under no. 36.
Special Notice
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