Andrea Solario, studio or circle of - Christ as the Man of Sorrows - image-1

Lot 2008 Dα

Andrea Solario, studio or circle of - Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Auction 1160 - overview Cologne
14.11.2020, 11:00 - Old Masters
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €

Andrea Solario, studio or circle of

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Oil on canvas. 64.5 x 53.5 cm.

Several versions of this popular and widely disseminated depiction of the Man of Sorrows by Andrea Solario exist, with the works in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum der bildenden Künste in Leipzig being the most finely painted examples (cf. David Alan Brown: Andrea Solario, Mailand 1986, p. 184ff).

Provenance

Formerly part of the French royal collection (labelled on the reverse). - Collection of John Brandon, Glasgow 1968 (with collector's stamp on the reverse). - West German private collection.