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Letter
Re-Structuring at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
10/1999 | 1159 | 141
Pages: 624
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Blair, C. (Blair, C.; Blair, Claude)
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G., P. (G., P.; Glanville, Philippa)
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Haskell, Francis (Haskell, Francis; Haskell, Francis James Herbert; Haskell, F.; H., F.)
Author:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Author:
Levey, Santina (Levey, Santina; Levey, Santina M.)
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Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
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Mallet, John (Mallet, John; Mallet, J. V. G.)
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Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
Author:
Radcliffe, Anthony (Radcliffe, Anthony)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
subjects:
Art museums / Management
Article
Guido Reni's 'Fortuna with a Purse' Rediscovered
03/1999 | 1152 | 141
Pages: 156-163
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Author:
Pepper, D. Stephen (Pepper, D. Stephen; Pepper, Stephen; Pepper, S.; Pepper, Stephen D.; Pepper, D. S.)
Subjects
artists:
Reni, Guido
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Bologna / Italy
sources:
Baldinucci, Filippo
subjects:
Italian painting / Lost works / Allegorical figures / Allegory / Fortuna
subjects:
Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Fortuna with a Purse, by Gerolamo Scarsello, after Guido Reni. Etching, First State, without Inscription, 22.8 by 17.7 cm. (Bartsch XIX, p.253, No.6).
Attributed works:
17. Fortuna with a Crown, by Giovanni Andrea Sirani. 164 by 132 cm. (Accademia di S. Luca, Rome [Ex-Sacchetti]).
Attributed works:
18. Fortuna with a Crown, by Guido Reni. 168 by 138 cm. (Private Collection, Denmark).
Attributed works:
19. Fig.22 during Cleaning.
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Fortuna's Hand in Fig.22.
Attributed works:
21. Fortuna with a Purse, Here Classified as a Copy after Fig.22. 188 by 155 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome).
Attributed works:
22. Fortuna with a Purse, Here Attributed to Guido Reni. 158 by 130 cm. (Private Collection, Bologna [Ex-Benadduci]).
Attributed works:
23. Detail of the Amor in Fig.22.
Attributed works:
24. Detail of Fortuna in Fig.22.
Attributed works:
25. Detail of Rape of Europa, by Guido Reni. 177 by 129.5 cm (Whole Painting) (Denis Mahon, London).
Article
Guercino and Reni: Reflections on the Interpretation of Documents and Paintings
03/1997 | 1128 | 139
Pages: 178-187
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Author:
Pepper, D. Stephen (Pepper, D. Stephen; Pepper, Stephen; Pepper, S.; Pepper, Stephen D.; Pepper, D. S.)
Subjects
artists:
Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino
artists:
Reni, Guido
dates:
1600-1699
places:
Italy / Bologna
subjects:
Italian painting / Documents / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. St Jerome and the Angel, by Guido Reni. 198 by 174 cm. (Detroit Institute of Art).
Attributed works:
35. St Jerome and the Angel, by Guido Reni. 278 by 238 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
36. Page from Guercino's Account Book in the Handwriting of His Brother, Paolo Antonio Barbieri, Showing the Entries for the Retouch for Mastri of the St Jerome (Bottom Entry) and Benadduci's St Matthew (Top Entry). (Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio, Bologna, MS B331, fol.25r).
Attributed works:
37. St Matthew and the Angel, copy after Guido Reni and Guercino. 90 by 73 cm. (Private Collection, Tolentino).
Attributed works:
38. St Jerome and the Angel, by Guido Reni. 235 by 175 cm. (Sacristy of the Cathedral, Piacenza).
Attributed works:
39. Detail of Fig.38. [St Jerome and the Angel, by Guido Reni. 235 by 175 cm. (Sacristy of the Cathedral, Piacenza).]
Attributed works:
40. Detail of Fig.35. [St Jerome and the Angel, by Guido Reni. 278 by 238 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).]
Attributed works:
41. Detail of Fig.34. [St Jerome and the Angel, by Guido Reni. 198 by 174 cm. (Detroit Institute of Art).]
Short Notice
The Written Sources for Poussin's Landscapes, with Special Reference to His Two Landscapes with Diogenes
03/1995 | 1104 | 137
Pages: 176-182
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas
dates:
1600-1699
places:
France
sources:
Félibien, André
subjects:
French painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Sources
subjects:
Diogenes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Landscape with Diogenes, by Nicolas Poussin. 120 by 187 cm. (Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
52. Landscape with Polyphemus, by Nicolas Poussin. 150 by 198 cm. (Hermitage, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
53. Detail of Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. 124 by 200 cm. (Whole) (Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
54. Detail of Landscape with Diogenes, by Nicolas Poussin. 160 by 221 cm. (Whole) (Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
55. Detail of Landscape with Diogenes, by Nicolas Poussin. 160 by 221 cm. (Whole) (Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
56. Detail of Landscape with Diogenes, by Nicolas Poussin. 160 by 221 cm. (Whole) (Louvre, Paris).
Letter
Caravaggio's Second Versions
08/1992 | 1073 | 134
Pages: 502-504
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Author:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Sources / Techniques
Supplement
Guercino in Britain. Paintings from British Collections: Foreword, An outline of Guercino's life; Guercino and England [Exhibition Catalog]
07/1991 | 1060 | 133
Pages: i-iv+1-68
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Helston, Michael (Helston, Michael)
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MacGregor, Neil (N. M.) (MacGregor, Neil (N. M.))
Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino
dates:
1600-1699
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Italy / England
subjects:
Italian painting / Biographies
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues
subjects:
Collections, Private
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Fig.1. Self-Portrait. Oil on Canvas, 65 by 70.5 cm. (Richard L. Feigen, London).
Attributed works:
Fig.10. Hagar and Ishmael. 1657-58. Oil on Canvas, 115 by 154 cm. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan).
Attributed works:
Fig.11. Joseph and Potiphar's Wife. 1649-50. Oil on Canvas, 124.3 by 157.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.).
Attributed works:
Fig.12. Amnon and Tamar. 1649-50. Oil on Canvas, 123.5 by 158.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.).
Attributed works:
Fig.2. Semiramis. 1624. Oil on Canvas, 112 by 155 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
Fig.3. Samson Taking the Honey to His Father. c. 1625. Oil on Canvas, 101 by 150 cm. (Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in Honour of the Boards of Trustees, 1977-85).
Attributed works:
Fig.4. St Luke Painting the Virgin. 1653. Oil on Canvas, 221 by 181 cm. (Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City).
Attributed works:
Fig.5. Entombment. 1656. Oil on Canvas, 146.7 by 221.2 cm. (Art Institute, Chicago, Wilson L. Mead Fund, 1956. 128).
Attributed works:
Fig.6. Holy Family. 1624. Oil on Canvas, 68.5 cm. Diameter. (Museum of Art, Cleveland, Mr and Mrs William H. Marlatt Fund, 67. 123).
Attributed works:
Fig.7. Assumption of the Virgin. 1650. Oil on Canvas, 301.5 by 221 cm. (Institute of Arts, Detroit Purchase: Founders Society, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation and Josephine & Ernest Kanzler Founders Fund).
Attributed works:
Fig.8. Esther and Abasuerus. 1639. Oil on Canvas, 159.6 by 217 cm. (University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor).
Attributed works:
Fig.9. Vision of S. Luigi Gonzaga. 1650-51. Oil on Canvas, 356 by 269 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr and Mrs Charles Wrightsman, 1973; 1973. 311. 3).
Supplement
Guercino in Britain. Paintings from British Collections: Catalogue [Exhibition Catalog]
07/1991 | 1060 | 133
Pages: 11-68
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Author:
Helston, Michael (Helston, Michael)
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Henry, Tom (Henry, Tom)
Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
artists:
Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino
collectors and dealers:
Mahon, Denis
dates:
1600-1699
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Italy / England
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Cat. 1 Madonna of the Sparrow, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
Attributed works:
Cat. 10 The Incredulity of St Thomas, Guercino, National Gallery, London
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Cat. 11 The taking of Christ, Guercino, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Cat. 12 Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, Guercino, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
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Cat. 13 St Chrysogonus in Glory, Guercino, Lancaster House, London
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Cat. 14 The presentation of Jesus in the Temple, Guercino, National Gallery, London
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Cat. 15 St John the Baptist visited in Prison by Salome, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
Attributed works:
Cat. 16 Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time, Guercino, National Trust, Dunham Massey, Altrincham (The Stamford Collection)
Attributed works:
Cat. 17 St Gregory with St Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
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Cat. 18, Mars, by Guercino, The National Trust, Tatton Park Chashire (The Egerton Collection)
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Cat. 19 Mars, Guercino, Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London
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Cat. 2. Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant St John, by Guercino, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Cat. 20 Venus and Cupid, Guercino, Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London
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Cat. 21 St Agnes, Guercino, Private Collection (Courtesy Trafalgar Galleries, London)
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Cat. 22 The Penitent St Peter, Guercino, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Cat. 23 the Agony in the Garden, Guercino, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
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Cat. 24 the Phrygian Sibyl with a Putto, Guercino, Private Collection, England
Attributed works:
Cat. 25 St Cecilia, Guercino, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Attributed works:
Cat. 26 Daniel with the head of Goliath, Guercino, Trafalgar Galleries, London
Attributed works:
Cat. 27 The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
Attributed works:
Cat. 28 The Samian Sibyl with a Putto, Guercino, Althorp House, Northampton
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Cat. 29 King David, Guercino, Althorp House, Northampton
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Cat. 3 St Sebastian Succoured by Two Angels, by Guercino, Sudeley Castle Gloucerstershire
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Cat. 30 Erminia finding the wounded Tancred, Guercino, Castle Howard, Yorkshire
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Cat. 31 The Libyan Sibyl, Guercino, Royal Collection, London
Attributed works:
Cat. 32 The angel appears to Hagar and Ishmael, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
Attributed works:
Cat. 4 The Dead Christ Mourned by Two Angels, by Guercino, National Gallery, London
Attributed works:
Cat. 5 Study of a woman, completed in the form of a Sibyl, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
Attributed works:
Cat. 6 Erminia and the Shepherd, by Guercino, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Attributed works:
Cat. 7 Head of Old Man, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
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Cat. 8 Jacob blessing the sons of Joseph, Guercino, Lent by Sir Denis Mahon
Attributed works:
Cat. 9 Elijah fed by Ravens, Guercino, National Gallery, London
Article
The Singing 'Lute-Player' by Caravaggio from the Barberini Collection, Painted for Cardinal Del Monte
01/1990 | 1042 | 132
Pages: 4-20+22-23
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
patrons:
Del Monte, Francesco Maria, Cardinal, 1549-1626
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Lute players
subjects:
Italian painting / Patronage
subjects:
Musicians
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of St Catherine of Alexandria, by Caravaggio. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano).
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.1 (New York). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.2 (Leningrad). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani. 94 by 119 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad).]
Attributed works:
13. X-Radiograph of Fig. 1 (New York). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
14. Detail of X-Radiograph of Fig.2 (Leningrad). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani. 94 by 119 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad).]
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.13 [X-Radiograph of Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.13. [X-Radiograph of Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Fig.13. [X-Radiograph of Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
2. Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani. 94 by 119 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1 (New York). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.2 (Leningrad). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani. 94 by 119 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad).]
Attributed works:
5. Detail of St Catherine of Alexandria, by Caravaggio. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.1 (New York). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Painted Surface, c.100 by 126.5 cm.; Stretcher Dimensions, 101.5 by 129.5 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on Long-Term Loan from the Private Collection of the Wildenstein Family).]
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2 (Leningrad). [Lute-Player, by Caravaggio, Painted for the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani. 94 by 119 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad).]
Western art unattributed:
6. Lute-Player, Copy after Caravaggio. 95 by 118.5 cm. (Formerly Duke of Beaufort Collection, Badminton).
Western art unattributed:
7. Lute-Player, by an Unknown (Possibly French) Caravaggesque Painter. 88.7 by 107.8 cm. (With Edward Speelman Ltd, London, 1973).
Editorial
Disposing of Disposal
10/1988 | 1027 | 130
Pages: 731-734
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
places:
England
subjects:
Art museums / Deaccessioning
Article
Fresh Light on Caravaggio's Earliest Period: His 'Cardsharps' Recovered
01/1988 | 1018 | 130
Pages: 10-25
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
patrons:
Del Monte, Francesco Maria, Cardinal, 1549-1626
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Copies / Versions
subjects:
Attributions / Patronage
subjects:
Provenance / Documents
works:
Cardsharps (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
Attributed works:
12. The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. After Stripping and before Restoration.
Attributed works:
13. The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. Braun's Photograph of the Painting When in the Sciarra Collection. 1880s.
Attributed works:
14. Gypsy Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio. 115 by 150 cm. (Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.11. After Stripping and before Restoration. [The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).]
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.11. [The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).]
Attributed works:
18. Engraving after The Cardsharps, by Giovanni Volpato. 1772. (Included as Pl.40 in Gavin Hamilton's Schola Italica Picturae, Rome, 1773).
Attributed works:
19. Detail from the Bottom Left Corner of the Back of the Original Canvas of The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio, Showing Stamp. Actual Size. [The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).]
Attributed works:
20. Detail from the Bottom Left Corner of the Back of the Original Canvas of the Gypsy Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio, Showing Stamp. (Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
Attributed works:
21. Infra-Red Reflectogram Showing the Altered Position of the Right Hand of the Young Cardsharp, and the Preparatory Brushwork of the Stripes on the Breeches.
Western art unattributed:
17. Copy after Caravaggio's The Cardsharps. 92 by 130 cm. (Sold Sotheby's, London, 1983).
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