Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2554BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 09, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
After Baldassarre Franceschini, called Il Volterrano (Italian, 1611-c. 1690)
Sleeping Cupid
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (64.0 x 44.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Scattered minor paint losses and retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
N.B. Volterrano's original Amore dormiente, c. 1642, is in the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (Galleria Palatina e Appartamenti Reali).
Estimate $700-900