Orazio Borgianni

Lot 17. Orazio Borgianni (Rome 1574 - 1616), Self portrait as a painter with palette and canvas, inscribed right on edge of canvas: QVO MAGIS RIMOR. MAGIS MIROR, oil on canvas, 28 by 19¾ in.; 71 by 50 cm. Estimate: 400,000 - 600,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Art market, Berlin, 1960s; Private collection, Berlin, until recently.   Literature: H. Voss, "Inediti di Orazio Borgianni, in Antichità Viva, vol. 2, 1962, pp. 9-10, reproduced p. 9, figs. 1 and 2; H.E. Wethey,... [Lire la suite]

Caravage à Rome au Musée Jacquemart-André PARIS - À l’automne 2018, l’Institut de France et Culturespaces organisent au Musée Jacquemart-André une exposition consacrée à Caravage (1571–1610), figure emblématique de la peinture européenne du XVIIe siècle. Dix chefs-d’oeuvre de l’artiste, dont sept qui n'ont encore jamais été présentés en France, seront exposés à titre exceptionnel.  Pour cet événement unique, les visiteurs pourront découvrir les deux oeuvres de la Madeleine pénitente, issues de collections particulières,... [Lire la suite]

Orazio Borgianni (c.1578–1616), Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ, c.1615, oil on canvas, 104 x 78 cm, presented to the Royal Scottish Academy by Sir John Watson Gordon, 1850, transferred to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1910, NG 48, National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery. Photo credit: National Galleries of Scotland.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), The Taking of Christ, 1602. On indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson St., Dublin, who acknowledge the kind generosity of the late Dr Marie Lea-Wilson. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland. EDINBURGH.- The revolution in painting sparked by one of the world’s most celebrated (and notorious) artists is the subject of the major summer exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh this year. Beyond Caravaggio brings a... [Lire la suite]

Orazio Borgianni (Rome 1574 – 1616), Christ amongst the doctors. Photo Sotheby's oil on canvas ; 78.2 by 104.6 cm.; 30 3/4 by 41 1/4 in. Estimation 400,000-600,000 GBP. Lot vendu: 3,401,250 GBP PROVENANCE: Almost certainly commissioned by the Spanish diplomat Juan de Lezcano after his move to Rome in 1609 and remained in his collection until his death in Naples in 1631. Two paintings of this subject are cited in his inventory, dated 22 January 1631, as no. 9 ("La disputa de Cristo con los doctores,... [Lire la suite]