Francesco Trevisani
Portrait of an Arch-Lutenist with a quill pen, inkwell and sheet music on a table by his side
Francesco Trevisani
Portrait of an Arch-Lutenist with a quill pen, inkwell and sheet music on a table by his side
98.5 x 73.4 cmOil on canvas
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018
Provenance
Acquired in the first half of the 19th century, probably in Florence, by Patrick Murray of Simprim (b.1770), and thence by descent (according to a label on the reverse)
with Agnew's, London, 1977, by whom sold to
Robert Spencer (1932–1997), and thence by descent to the present owner
sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018, nr. 18
Other works by Francesco Trevisani
Saint Matthew Resuscitating the Son of the King of Ethiopia
The Institution of the Eucharist
Daphne
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Diana and Endymion