Baldassare Franceschini

An Allegory of Fraud



Baldassare Franceschini - An Allegory of Fraud



Baldassare Franceschini
An Allegory of Fraud
94 x 73.5 cm
Oil on canvas
With Agnews, London


Provenance

Commissioned by the marchese Fedinando di Niccolò Ridolfi (1623–1676), Florence
by inheritance to his brother Pietro Ridolfi (died 1688), Florence
Niccolò di Pietro Ridolfi (1662–1727), Florence
by inheritance to Paris Canonici Ridolfi, Florence (died 1746)
by inheritance to Stiozzi Ridolfi, Florence
Anton Filippo Stiozzi Ridolfi (1752–1824)
probably Conte Orsini, Florence
acquired in Florence in December 1829 by Sir William Eden, 6th Bt of West Auckland and 4th Bt of
Maryland (1803–1873), Windlestone Hall, County Durham (inscribed on the reverse of the frame and on
the stretcher: Sir. W. Eden 39)
thence by descent to John Eden, 9th Bt of West Auckland and 7th Bt of Maryland, Baron Eden of
Winton (1925–2020)
with Agnews, London, 2022