ROMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1700, FOLLOWER OF PIETRO DA CORTONA THE GOLDEN BOUQUET Canvas On the reverse, an inscription specifying the subject, taken from Virgil’s *Aeneid*. 18th-century Roman frame, original stretcher Some missing sections and lifting Roman School, c. 1700, follower of Pietro da Cortona, The Golden Bough, canvas, with some missing sections 40 x 31.50 cm – 15.7 x 12.4 in PROVENANCE Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot (Thierry de Maigret), 17 June 2022, lot 37. This motif is taken from Book IV of Virgil’s *Aeneid*, in which Aeneas must pluck a magical golden bough in order to be admitted, together with the Sibyl, into the realm of the dead