Jan 29, 2013 10:00 EST
Important English & Continental Furniture/Old Master Paintings Sale
61
Attributed to Antonio Amorosi
A Girl with a Cat
Oil on canvas
11 3/4 x 9 inches (29.9 x 30 cm)
Unframed
Provenance:
Private collection
Spanierman Gallery, New York
A Girl with a Cat is attributed to Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (1660-1738), a painter of the late Baroque period who was active in Ascoli Piceno in the Marche Region of Italy and in Rome. Amorosi was part of the Bamboccianti school of painting, a group of artists who typically portrayed scenes of daily life in Papal Rome, often focusing on individuals at the fringes of society. Small works such as Girl with a Cat are characteristic of the light humor in Amorosi's art, as demonstrated in his other similar depictions of children such as an image of a "loving" boy holding a sheet with a caricature, belonging to the Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, England
Sold for $5,000
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Attributed to Antonio Amorosi
A Girl with a Cat
Oil on canvas
11 3/4 x 9 inches (29.9 x 30 cm)
Unframed
Provenance:
Private collection
Spanierman Gallery, New York
A Girl with a Cat is attributed to Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (1660-1738), a painter of the late Baroque period who was active in Ascoli Piceno in the Marche Region of Italy and in Rome. Amorosi was part of the Bamboccianti school of painting, a group of artists who typically portrayed scenes of daily life in Papal Rome, often focusing on individuals at the fringes of society. Small works such as Girl with a Cat are characteristic of the light humor in Amorosi's art, as demonstrated in his other similar depictions of children such as an image of a "loving" boy holding a sheet with a caricature, belonging to the Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, England
Glue relined. A few touches of inpaint on the girls face. There is no further restoration visible under UV light.
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Auction: Important English & Continental Furniture/Old Master Paintings Sale, Jan 29, 2013
