GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
Cavallo e cavaliere
signed ‘G. de Chirico’ (lower right)
oil on canvasboard
7⁷⁄₈ x 11⁷⁄₈ in. (20 x 30 cm.)
Painted in 1957

Galleria Il Ponte, Florence.
Acquired by the father of the present owner on 3 February 1963, and thence by descent.

C. Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale Giorgio de Chirico, vol. IV, opere dal 1951 al 1972, Milan, 1977, no. 513, n.p. (illustrated).

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