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
The Three Marys
The Institution of the Eucharist
Daphne
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Diana and Endymion