MICHAELINA WAUTIER (1604–1689)
Diogenes reading
About the artwork
Diogenes reading is an artwork by MICHAELINA WAUTIER, dated c. 1650. The work is executed in Oil on canvas. Its recorded dimensions are 48.5 x 45 cm 19.09 x 17.71 in.. View the artwork and contact Colnaghi for further information.
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Provenance
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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