Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dott. Giancarlo Sestieri for suggesting the attribution to Simonini from a transparency (written communication, 27 January 2006).
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Francesco Simonini (Parma 1686-1755 Venice or Florence)
A cavalry skirmish on a riverbank, a city beyond
Details
Francesco Simonini (Parma 1686-1755 Venice or Florence)
A cavalry skirmish on a riverbank, a city beyond
oil on canvas, unframed
33 x 54¾ in. (83.8 x 139.1 cm.)
A cavalry skirmish on a riverbank, a city beyond
oil on canvas, unframed
33 x 54¾ in. (83.8 x 139.1 cm.)
Provenance
with J.M. Heberle, Cologne, 1887, from where purchased as 'Jacques Curtois', thence by descent to M. Siegfried Bing (1835-1905), Hamburg and Vaucresson, France and through the family to the present owner.