Leonello Spada

Lot 121: Attributed to Lionello Spada (Bologna 1576-1622 Parma)

Name: Attributed to Lionello Spada (Bologna 1576-1622 Parma)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 5c0f9dcd5a

Est: £15,000 GBP - £25,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 09, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Lionello Spada (Bologna 1576-1622 Parma)
The Death of Cleopatra
oil on canvas
32 x 48¼ in. (81.5 x 122.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Leonello Spada

Literature

B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, Oxford, 1989, I, p. 178.
F. Frisoni,'Lionello Spada', in E. Negro and M. Pirondini, La scuola dei Carracci. Dall'Accademia alla bottega di Ludovico, Modena, 1994, pp. 268, 272-3, note 31, fig. 345.
M. Pirondini, E. Monducci, E. Negro and N. Roio, Leonello Spada, Florence, 2002, pp. 185-6, no. 151.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Finarte, Rome, 30 March 1982, lot 101.
Anonymous sale; Jean-Marc Delvaux, Paris, 1 December 1997, lot 22, as Lionello Spada, where acquired by the present owner.

Notes

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Auction Details

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day Sale

Christie's

December 09, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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