St Peter Healing St Agatha in Prison | Old Master Paintings, 19 April 2016
The present, hitherto unknown painting represents an important new addition to the oeuvre of the celebrated Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano (1634–1705).
Estimate € 120,000 – 150,000
The composition corresponds to the description of a painting in the inventory of the collection of Giovan Donato Correggio (1608–1674) held in the Palace of San Cassiano on the Grand Canal in Venice. Giovan Donato, descendant of a family of merchants in Bergamo, dedicated his life to collecting art. Among the works included in his quadreria – his personal picture gallery – were paintings by Tintoretto, Salvator Rosa, Carlo Dolci, Mattia Preti, and Bernardo Strozzi’s “Portrait of Donato as Perseus,” which is now held by the Musée Magnin in Dijon.
The painting was bought in 1670 from Giovan Donato’s brother Agostino, along with two other works by Giordano representing “Paradise” and “Saint John Chrysostom,” for all of which he paid 120 ducats.
The painting is signed and the signature has been compared to autograph documents. The work bears similarities with other early paintings by Giordano produced during his stay in Venice such as the “Assumption of the Virgin” from 1667 for the church of Santa Maria della Salute.
Information: Mark MacDonnell and Maria Cristina Paoluzzi, experts in Old Master Paintings
(myART MAGAZINE No. 07/2016)
Auction, Tuesday 19 April, 5 pm
Viewing from Saturday 9 April 2016
Palais Dorotheum Vienna
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