Benedetto Luti
(Florence 1666–1724 Rome)
The Golden Age,
oil on canvas, 124 x 140.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Benedetto Luti, 1724;
and thence by descent in the artist´s family;
Private collection, Rome;
where acquired by the present owner
We are grateful to Giancarlo Sestieri for confirming the attribution of the present painting after examination in the original and for his help in cataloguing this lot.
The present painting is mentioned in the inventory of the painter Benedetto Luti compiled at the time of his death in 1724. Two paintings are listed, both depicting the subject of the Golden Age. Both are of similar measurements and described as non finiti (see M. B. Guerrieri Borsoi, La collezione di Benedetto Luti, in: Studi sul Settecento romano, no. 25, 2009, p. 93, no. 1, p. 100, no. 406). The other painting mentioned in the inventory is now in the Apolloni collection in Rome (see R. Maffeis, Benedetto Luti: l’ultimo maestro, Florence 2012, pp. 307-308, cat. no. II. 23).
Benedetto Luti was a celebrated painter in late seventeenth, early eighteenth century Rome. He was also an art dealer and collector.
22.10.2019 - 18:30
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Benedetto Luti
(Florence 1666–1724 Rome)
The Golden Age,
oil on canvas, 124 x 140.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Benedetto Luti, 1724;
and thence by descent in the artist´s family;
Private collection, Rome;
where acquired by the present owner
We are grateful to Giancarlo Sestieri for confirming the attribution of the present painting after examination in the original and for his help in cataloguing this lot.
The present painting is mentioned in the inventory of the painter Benedetto Luti compiled at the time of his death in 1724. Two paintings are listed, both depicting the subject of the Golden Age. Both are of similar measurements and described as non finiti (see M. B. Guerrieri Borsoi, La collezione di Benedetto Luti, in: Studi sul Settecento romano, no. 25, 2009, p. 93, no. 1, p. 100, no. 406). The other painting mentioned in the inventory is now in the Apolloni collection in Rome (see R. Maffeis, Benedetto Luti: l’ultimo maestro, Florence 2012, pp. 307-308, cat. no. II. 23).
Benedetto Luti was a celebrated painter in late seventeenth, early eighteenth century Rome. He was also an art dealer and collector.
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings II |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 22.10.2019 - 18:30 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 12.10. - 22.10.2019 |