Lot 347: Follower of Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian 1582-1647)
Follower of Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian 1582-1647)
“God the Father”
depicting God the Father in a moment of divine gesture, rendered with dramatic chiaroscuro and a radiant golden nimbus, rendered after Lanfranco original composition for the cimasa of the high altar in Santo Spirito (Filippo Neri), Fermo, painted circa 1616
Oil on canvas
49″ x 45″
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector
Victor Spark, New York (before 1961); Sotheby’s, New York, Sale #5471, 6/05/1986, Lot 71A
Literature: E. Schleier, Disegni di Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647), Florence, 1983, p. 75; E. Schleier, Giovanni Lanfranco: Un pittore barocco tra Parma, Roma e Napoli, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 2001, p. 187, under cat. no. 42
Presents well, varnish. Canvas restretched and relined. Scratch and paint loss bottom left corner. craquelure, inpainting along border, and book. Frame with loss and gilt loss. Edgeware.
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Estimate: $5000- $10000
Auction Date: January 1, 2026
