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Live Auction

The Spring Offering of Fine & Decorative Arts

Sat, May 17, 2014 10:00AM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 10:00AM EDT
Lot 12

Circle of Pietro da Cortona

Estimate: $3,500 - $5,500

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(Italian, 1596-1669, a period copy) The Death of Turnus, unsigned, oil on canvas, 26 x 34-5/8 in.; unframed, lined, losses to paint at edges, craquelure, loss to pigment at Turnus' shield, old scattered retouch mostly at left edge, light abrasions. Notes: A scene from [The Aeneid], Turnus, king of the Rutuli is killed by Aeneas.. Provenance: Sotheby's, London: Thursday, October 30, 2008, Lot 271; Private Collection

Condition

lined, losses to paint at edges, craquelure, loss to pigment at Turnus' shield, old scattered retouch mostly at left edge, light abrasions

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