Ref: 2490

Pietra Dura Plate

PRINT
main image
PRINT

Ref: 2490

Pietra Dura Plate

17th Century
Provenance:
Private collection, Southern Germany, according to the label on the back, acquired on 8 September 1966, Hünerberg auction in Braunschweig, Auction No. 77, Lot 92
Literature:
Sotheby's auction catalogue: The Collection of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden, Volume II, Baden-Baden, October 5 to 21, 1995. A comparable panel is shown in lot 385, with a reference to a panel in the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. This panel was probably a gift from Cosimo III de Medici to Margravine Sibylla Augusta.
Description: Attributed to Francesco Ghinghi (Florence 1689 – 1762 Naples)

Marble and colored stones. Oil on copper. Ebonized wood frame with gilded appliqués. Mary and the Archangel Gabriel are depicted between geometric patterns in oval frames.

you may also like