Lot 2522 D α

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Il Baciccio, copy after - Portrait of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Auction 1197 - overview Cologne
21.05.2022, 16:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century Part II
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Il Baciccio, copy after

Portrait of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Oil on canvas. 86 x 71 cm.

This half-length portrait depicts the Roman sculptor, painter and architect Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini. The portrait is a - presumably contemporary - replica of the portrait Giovanni Battista Gaulli painted of his important friend around 1675. Gaulli's painting is slightly larger (99 x 74.5 cm) and is housed in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.

Provenance

North German private collection.