Lot no. 43
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO CAIRO (Milan, 1607-1674)
HERCULE AND OMPHALE
Canvas
In a carved wooden frame with gadroon motifs and gilding, Italian work of the 18th century
Att. to F. Cairo, Hercules and Omphale, canvas, in an 18TH CENTURY Italian carved and regilded wood frame.
105 X 84,5 CM - 41 3/8 X 33 1/4 IN.
The same slightly larger composition, with an angel above the couple, is listed in two versions in Francesco Frangi's monograph, Francesco Cairo, U. Allemandi, 1998, p. 275, no. 84 in a private collection (fig. 95 - 128 x 97) and the other on p. 287, no. 117, kept at Nelahozeves Castle in the Czech Republic (fig. 123 -127 x 95 CM).
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