Entourage de Cirro FERRI (1634-1689) Lot n° 7

Cirro FERRI (1634-1689) The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Oil on canvas, re-canvassed 51 x 72.5 cm. Related work : The decoration of Peter of Cortona and his pupils from the rostrum of the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella in Rome. Provenance: Sale London, 25 July 1973, No. 212. Exposure : 1989, Charenton, Town Hall, The 17th century in Europe. Baroque painters and the influence of Italy. No. 9, repr. (Didier Bodart's instructions) Bibliography : J.M. Merz, I designi di Pietro da Cortona per gli affreschi della Chiesa Nuova a Roma, Bolletino d'arte, 86-87, 1994, pp. 37-76. Quoted at 75, note 107. E. Fumagali, "Le " Ambiguita " di Pietro da Cortona e la prima attivita di Cirro Ferri" Paragone, 1997, XLVIII, N° 13, pp. 34-82. Repr. tav. 21 and repr. in colour as "Pittore cortonesco" cited p. 51 and note 112.