Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid)

Three nude figures locked in a struggle

Details

Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid)
Three nude figures locked in a struggle
with inscription 'Luca Cang^o'
pen and brown ink, watermark three encircled crescents surmounted by a cross
11½ x 8½ in. (29 x 21.6 cm.)

Provenance

Walter Steiner (his mark, not in Lugt, appears to have been on the old mount, according to the 1997 catalogue).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 January 1997, lot 29.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2006, lot 120.

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Lot Essay

This early work, probably inspired by Michelangelo's Last Judgement, is likely to date from circa 1547-8 immediately after Cambiaso's return to Genoa after a period spent studying in Rome. The attribution was confirmed at the time of the 1997 sale by Mary Newcome Schleier.

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