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CIRCLE OF FRANCESCO ALBANI (BOLOGNA 1578-1660)
Salmacis and Hermaphrodite
oil on panel, laid down on canvas, in a painted oval
2312 x 3178 in. (59.8 x 78.3 cm.)
Provenance
Mr Owen, New Bond Street, London (according to an inscription on the reverse).
Private collection, England.
Literature
C.R. Puglisi, Francesco Albani, New Haven and London, 1999,p. 198, no. 120.V.d, as 'a workshop replica'.
Exhibited
New York, Piero Corsini, Inc., Important Old Master Paintings: Discoveries...in una nuova luce, 20 April-20 May 1988, no. 9, as 'Francesco Albani'.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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This work is based on the original by Francesco Albani in Galleria Sabauda, Turin.

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