Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese, Werkstatt - Die Auffindung des Mosesknaben (Exodus 2, 3-10)
auction 405, Lot 276
SUMMERAUCTION
on 29 June 2022
Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese, Werkstatt
Die Auffindung des Mosesknaben (Exodus 2, 3-10)
Differenzbesteuerung
Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, workshop of
1528 Verona - 1588 Venice
The Finding of Moses (Exodus 2: 3-10)
Oil on canvas. 56.4 x 43.4 cm. Relined. Restored. Framed (81 x 67.5 cm).
We would like to thank Prof. Peter Humfrey, Emeritus of the University of St. Andrews / School of Art History, for his kind support during cataloguing. Based on photographs, Peter Humfrey sees the present painting as a work from Veroneses close follower, and does not rule out that it was created in the masters workshop. Humfrey brings Alvise de Friso, the artists nephew, into the discussion as a possible creator. However, Prof. Diana Gisolfi, The Pratt Institute, New York, whom we would also like to thank for her support, excludes Alvise de Friso as executive artist.
Cf. Peter Humfreys basic text for the Washington version: "Veronese/The Finding of Moses/c. 1581/1582," Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century, NGA Online Editions, purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/45. - Huber, Hans Dieter, Paolo Veronese. Kunst als soziales System. Munich 2005, especially pages 161-164: regarding the working system of the Veronese workshop.
Statement by Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Huber, Berlin, 10 May 2022 (based on photographs).
Provenance: acquired in the London art trade in the 1980s. - Private owner, South Germany.
