MICHAELINA WAUTIER (1604–1689)
Diogenes reading
Year
c. 1650
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
48.5 x 45 cm
19.09 x 17.71 in.
Signed and dated
Remains of a signature (?), along the edge of the cover of the closed book: [...] W [...] fecit.
Inscribed lower centre, below the bookmark of the open book: diogene.
Inscribed on the reverse: A[l]lievo di de la Tour / Michelin (Te[s?]to[lin?].
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Provenance
Private collection, Rome, before 2005;
Sale, Christie’s, Rome, 13 December 2005, lot 542 (as Follower of Le Nain Brothers, ‘Apostolo che legge’);
Sale. Dorotheum, Vienna, 21 October 2014, lot 349 (as French Caravaggist, Late 17th/Early 18th Century, ‘A man reading, Diogenes’);
Sale, Hampel, Munich, 22 September 2017, lot 802 (as Italian Caravaggist, 17th Century);
Sale, Nagel, Stuttgart, 18 March 2020, lot 543 (as Francesco Fracanzano (Kreis));
Sale, Nagel, Stuttgart, 10 December 2020, lot 2057 (as Neapolitan School, 18th Century);
Where acquired by the present owner.
Sale, Christie’s, Rome, 13 December 2005, lot 542 (as Follower of Le Nain Brothers, ‘Apostolo che legge’);
Sale. Dorotheum, Vienna, 21 October 2014, lot 349 (as French Caravaggist, Late 17th/Early 18th Century, ‘A man reading, Diogenes’);
Sale, Hampel, Munich, 22 September 2017, lot 802 (as Italian Caravaggist, 17th Century);
Sale, Nagel, Stuttgart, 18 March 2020, lot 543 (as Francesco Fracanzano (Kreis));
Sale, Nagel, Stuttgart, 10 December 2020, lot 2057 (as Neapolitan School, 18th Century);
Where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
We are thankful to Katlijne Van der Stighelen and Jahel Sanzsalazar for having independently confirmed the attribution of the present painting to Michaelina Wautier.
Jahel Sanzsalazar, ‘An Honest Man: An Unknown Diogenes by Michaelina Wautier’, in Art & Deal, July-August 2024, pp. 14-23.
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