Name: CIRCLE OF CAMILLO PROCACCINI (Bologna 1555-1629)
Brand: Jacob's Ladder
Price: 8000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

CIRCLE OF CAMILLO PROCACCINI (Bologna 1555-1629)
Jacob's Ladder
oil on panel, unframed
48¹⁄₄ x 63¹⁄₂ in. (122.6 x 161.3 cm.)

with Julius H. Weitzner Inc., New York, as Francisco Collantes, where acquired by the following,
Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York, by whom gifted on 14 October 1936 to the Hispanic Society of America.

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The angels at upper right may be compared with two drawings by Camillo Procaccini representing angels with similar drapery and heads in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 1976.186) and the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice (inv. no. 662). Alberto Crispo has also noted compositional affinities with Procaccini’s drawing of the same subject in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. He further points to a compositionally similar canvas in the Pinacoteca Sabauda, Turin (inv. no. 105), which he attributes, together with the present painting, to anonymous seventeenth-century Lombard artists, noting that they may be by the same hand.

We are grateful to Daniele Benati (written communication, 12 September 2025) and Alberto Crispo (written communication, 26 September 2025) for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot. The paint surface is largely obscured by a layer of wax.

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We are grateful to Kirsten Younger for providing the following condition report (written communication, 29 September 2025):

A coating of thick wax is unevenly applied over the paint surface, and the aged varnish layer is discolored. The wax and varnish are opaque in UV light and obscure the paint and retouching making it difficult to assess the condition of the painting. Overall, it appears that there may be considerable thinness in the dark areas of the composition and that original details may be retained in some of the light-colored areas. The wax and varnish have been removed in several test areas revealing thinness and exposed light-colored ground in the hair and beard of Jacob and the faces of the angels. Whereas the shadowed areas of the heads appear flat and lack definition, some original brushwork is preserved in the light passages. Elsewhere, some of the details painted with light-colors, such as the impasto highlights of the angels’ draperies, and areas of Jacob’s colored drapery may be relatively well preserved. Broad retouching can be seen to the light cloth at the right of Jacob’s hand and other areas of the colored drapery appear to be strengthened. In the sky, there appear to be areas of liberal retouching, however craquelure is visible in some areas, an indication that they may be in somewhat better state, and some original white impasto may be retained in the clouds. In the trees, a small, cleaned area reveals thinness to the dark foliage. Some light-colored leaves appear to be preserved and some are retouched. Some small recent flake losses are scattered along horizontal cracks to the paint layer overall. The thick panel is flat, and it is in stable condition. It comprises two horizontal planks and a short crack that extends in from the left edge of the lower plank has some old insect tunnels along it on the verso. The painting requires cleaning before it can be exhibited, and extensive restoration would be required.

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