Pierre Subleyras
Study for Saint Jerome
Lot #120 |
2021-10-13 |
Sotheby's, London
TOMASSO II
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 20,000 - 30,000 (currency of sale)
USD 27,238 - 40,856 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L21239
Auction name: TOMASSO II
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2021-10-13
End date: 2021-10-19
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 17th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 97.2 x 72.5 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
97.2
Width In Centimeters:
72.5
Height In Inches:
38.25
Width In Inches:
28.5
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Provenance
Anonymous sale, Stockholm, Stockholms Auktionsverk, 13 December 2017, lot 2178; Where acquired by the present owners. Catalogue note A preparatory study for the altarpiece depicting The Vision of Saint Jerome (408 x 232 cm.), which was commissioned for the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in Milan and is today in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. 1 Here the model is posing nude in the studio, with a grape vine around his waist and an animal hide beneath his knee. Another version of similar dimensions but with minor differences sold at Artcurial, Paris, 7 November 2012, lot 44. When the painting was offered at auction in 2017, the attribution to Subleyras was endorsed by Nicolas Lesur on the basis of digital images. 1 https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/san-gerolamo-che-suona-le-trombe-del-giudizio-universale/
Catalog summary
Pierre Subleyras Saint-Gilles-du-Gard 1699 - 1749 Rome Study for Saint Jerome oil on canvas unframed: 97.2 x 72.5 cm.; 38¼ x 28½ in. framed: 118 x 92.2 cm.; 46½ x 36¼ in. Provenance Anonymous sale, Stockholm, Stockholms Auktionsverk, 13 December 2017, lot 2178; Where acquired by the present owners. Catalogue note A preparatory study for the altarpiece depicting The Vision of Saint Jerome (408 x 232 cm.), which was commissioned for the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in Milan and is today in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. 1 Here the model is posing nude in the studio, with a grape vine around his waist and an animal hide beneath his knee. Another version of similar dimensions but with minor differences sold at Artcurial, Paris, 7 November 2012, lot 44. When the painting was offered at auction in 2017, the attribution to Subleyras was endorsed by Nicolas Lesur on the basis of digital images. 1 https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/san-gerolamo-che-suona-le-trombe-del-giudizio-universale/