Lot 72: Matthys Naiveu (Leiden 1647-circa 1721 Amsterdam) Figures dancing on a stage in the Piazza San Pietro, Rome

Figures dancing on a stage in the Piazza San Pietro, Rome
signed 'M. Naiveu.' (lower right)
oil on panel
16.4 x 22.7cm (6 7/16 x 8 15/16in).

Two other paintings of Rome, on a larger scale, are known by the artist, both dating to the 1690s. One, depicting the market in Piazza Navona, signed and dated 1691, was offered at Van Ham auctioneers, Cologne, 18 November 2006, lot 1027. The other, of figures before the Palazzo del Quirinale, dated 1698, was offered in the Frank sale, Helbing, Frankfurt, 11-13 May 1936.