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ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA VACCARO (ITALIAN 1604-1670) Saint Agatha,
oil on canvas
92.8 x 72.3 cm (36 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.)
multiple inscriptions on verso
PROVENANCE
The Demidoff collection, Florence (label on verso)
Private collection, Uruguay
EXPERTISE
Dr. Achille della Ragione, author of the catalogue Andrea Vaccaro: Opera complete (Naples: Napoli Arte, 2014), attributes the present lot as a part of the oeuvre of Andrea Vaccaro. A link to his essay on this painting can be seen here: http://achillecontedilavian.blogspot.com.uy/search?q=uruguay .
LOT NOTES
According to Dr. Lucia Tonini, author of I Demidoff a Firenze e in Toscana (Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 1996), the label on verso indicates that the present lot was a part of the collection belonging to the son, Anatoly Demidoff.