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Oct 23, 2021
(Italian, 1581?1644)
Study of an Older Man, detail from Predica Del Battista, 1644, held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, early 19th century or earlier, oil on canvas, 20 x 16-3/8 in.; late 16th/early 17th century Italian carved and gilt wood reverse cassetta frame, frieze with carved cauliculi and imbricated leaves, 32-3/4 x 28-1/2 in.
Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina
Note: Exhibited: North Carolina Museum of Art (State Art Gallery), Raleigh, North Carolina, Paintings from North Carolina Collections, October 3-24, 1954; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina Collects: a loan exhibition of North Carolina owned art objects, October 10-29, 1967, No.125
lined with linen and restretched on new stretcher, crackle, some limited flattening, retouch evident primarily in background, coarse weave linen ground; frame possibly remade from a larger frame and resurfaced, with repairs and repainting, sight edge a modern addition, flaking
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