Lot 2104 Dα

The full attribution to Corrado Giaquinto has been confirmed by Professor Spinosa, who ascribes the work to the artist´s mature output.
The fusion between the classical composition and bright colouring leads professor Spinosa to date the execution to around 1750 - 1753, before the artist left for Spain, whereas the scholar doesn’t exclude a later date, for some similarities with the canvases for which the artist was commissioned by Vanvitelli for the Church of San Luigi di Palazzo, particularly with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt now housed in the Detroit Institute of Arts.

The figures of the Madonna and Child, and their intimate embrace, can be compared to another Virgin and Child by Giaquinto (Lempertz, 5.6.2021, lot 2079): the derivation testifies to the success of the composition.