Lot 2046A D α

On square canvas, 41 x 41 cm. Giltwood frame with inset mount.

The attribution to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, who trained in Rome under Domenichino and Pietro da Cortona, proposed by Mario Samoticha in 1999, is based on stylistic arguments. Like his two teachers, Romanelli executed larger fresco cycles, including motifs from the mythology of Diana and Endymion for the French royal family.