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THB17th C. Italian School O/C Religious Painting, Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
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Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Italian School, 17th century oil on canvas painting depicting the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena, 17th c. Saint Catherine kneels to the right of the Christ child, who sits in the Virgin Mary's lap while he places a ring on Catherine's finger. King David, seated, plays his harp at left and Saints John the Evangelist, Paul, and Dominic stand at right. Two putti in the air above embrace as they dangle a floral wedding garland over Catherine and Christ. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 38 in. H x 50 3/4 in. W. Frame: 42 in. H x 55 in. W.
Condition
Canvas has been lined. With scattered retouching throughout, primarily outside of faces and hands, largest area to the face and beard of David, 6 in x 3 in, and lower right corner, 6 in x 1 in. Repaired tear or crack with retouch to upper left corner, 4 in L. With minor loss of original canvas along upper edge at center left, 2 in x 3/16 in, plus frame abrasions and stable craquelure throughout. See UV photography. Frame with abrasions and losses.
- Provenance
The living estate of Bennett Armstrong, Alexandria, TN, by descent from his ancestor, Bennett Hornsby Armstrong (1869-1930), who acquired it at an auction in Canada sometime between 1900-1930. According to oral history, the painting had been previously owned by Napoleon's uncle, the French priest and diplomat, Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839).
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