Pier Francesco Mola (Coldrerio 1612 - Rome 1666)
A young artist, perhaps a self portrait, sketching the Temple of Vesta, Tivoli
Description:
black chalk with touches of watercolor 417 x 310 mm
Provenance:
C. Rogers (L.624) with his attribution to Salvator Rosa inscribed with intitals 'S.R', lower leftA. O Brien, Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1969, lot 5 (as by Pier Francesco Mola; £1,200 to Seiferheld)Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan; Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 1978, lot 28 (as by Pier Francesco Mola)Bronfmann Collection, Canada, until 2013
Literature
Francesco Petrucci, "Pier Francesco Mola (1612 – 1666), Materia e colore nella pittura del ‘600", Roma, 2012, fig, 147, p. 203
Note:
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