Lot 14: ONOFRIO PALUMBO

ONOFRIO PALUMBO NAPLES, MID 17TH CENTURY THE MAGDALENE oil on canvas 47 1/2 by 60 1/4 in.; 120.7 by 153 cm.

Royal Palais, Warsaw (from wax seal on back);
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2003, lot 228;
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

When last sold in 2005, Professor Nicola Spinosa identified the present painting to be a work by Palumbo, on the basis of photographs.

A native of Naples, Palumbo received his first artistic training under Battista Caracciolo and later under Artemisia Gentileschi (during her sojourn in that city).