Lot 41
41
Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro (Naples 1612-1679)
From a New York Collection
Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro (Naples 1612-1679)

The triumph of Hephaestus

Details
Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro (Naples 1612-1679)
The triumph of Hephaestus
black chalk, pen and dark brown ink
5 ½ x 8 in. (13 x 20.3 cm)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 April 1977, lot 88 (as attributed to Luca Giordano).
Exhibited
Sorrento, Museo Correale, Il giovane Salvator Rosa. Gli inizi di un grande maestro del '600 europeo, 2015, no. 38 (catalogue by V. Farina).

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Lot Essay

Like Salvator Rosa's, Spadaro's abbreviated pen style is much indebted to the example of Ribera. The attribution of this drawing to Micco Spadaro, first made by the owner, was confirmed by Viviana Farina, who connected it to a study for a dancing figure with a laurel crown in the Louvre, possibly for the same mythological composition (inv. 16249; W. Vitzthum and C. Monbeig Goguel, Le Dessin à Naples du XVIe siècle au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1967, no. 49, ill.).

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