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ANTONIO DE BELLIS (NAPLES 1630-1656)

Madonna and Child with Souls in Purgatory

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GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000
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ANTONIO DE BELLIS (NAPLES 1630-1656)

Madonna and Child with Souls in Purgatory

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ANTONIO DE BELLIS (NAPLES 1630-1656)
Madonna and Child with Souls in Purgatory
oil on copper
16 x 1212 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm.)
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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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Lot Essay

This finely executed copper is a newly discovered work by Antonio De Bellis, one of the leading Neapolitan artists of the seventeenth century. It can be compared to a canvas by De Bellis showing the same subject in the Museo Diocesano Donnaregina in Naples, which dates to the mid-1640s, an altarpiece made originally for the church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo. This subject was popular in Naples in the seventeenth century, with Battistello Caracciolo, Massimo Stanzione and Luca Giordano all making versions of the composition.
We are grateful to Prof. Riccardo Lattuada for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.
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