Baroque: Masterpieces from the Fisch Davidson CollectionGiulio Cesare ProcacciniBologna 1574 - 1625 MilanJudith and Holofernes
inscribed by a seventeenth-century hand on the reverse: G.C. Procaccini / + M.A.D.oil on canvascanvas: 52⅝ by 38⅞ in.; 133.7 by 98.7 cm.framed: 63 by 50½ in.; 160.0 by 128.3 cm.Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Zola.hoehn@sothebys.com ProvenanceCommissioned by Giovan Carlo Doria (1576-1625), Genoa (1617 - 1621 inv. no. 401);
Thence by descent to his son, Agostino Doria (d. 1644), Genoa (1625 - 1641 inv. no. 114);
Thence by inheritance to his uncle, Gio. Carlo's brother, Marc Antonio Doria (1572-1651), Genoa (according to an inscription on the reverse);
Thence probably by inheritance to Marcantonio IV Doria (1765-1837), Prince of Angri, Genoa, by 1780;
Private collector, Geneva;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Gentleman of Title"), London, Sotheby's, 8 July 1992, lot 89;
With Whitfield Fine Arts, London, 1994;
From whom acquired by the present collectors, 1995.LiteratureC.G. Ratti, Instruzione di quanto puo’ vedersi di piu’ bello in Genova in pittura, scultura, ed architettura ecc., Genoa 1780, p. 332;
H. Brigstocke, "L'attività scultorea di Giulio Cesare Procaccini Documenti e testimonianze—Procaccino, Cerano, Morazzone, Dipinti lombardi del primo Seicento dalle civiche collezioni genovesi," in Burlington Magazine 136, no. 1090 (January 1994), p. 34, reproduced fig. 36;
H. Brigstocke, Procaccini in America, exhibition catalogue, New York 2002, pp. 41, 98-101, 130-131, 137, 139, 191, cat. no. 10, reproduced p. 41 plate 76, p. 191, and in color p. 99;
F.M. Ferro, "Postille a Giulio Cesare Procaccini " in Arte lombarda del secondo millennio: Saggi in onore di Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua, F. Flores d'Arcais, M. Olivari, and L. Tognoli Bardin (eds.), Milan 2003, p. 43;
V. Farina, "Gio. Carlo Doria (1576 - 1625)," in L'età di Rubens: Dimore, committenti e collezionisti genovesi, exhibition catalogue, P. Boccardo (ed.), Milan 2004, p. 191, reproduced fig. 2;
F. Frangi, Daniele Crespi La giovinezza ritrovata, Segrate 2012, p. 80 note 19;
A. Morandotti, in Museo Lechi, primi studi e riscoperte, P. Boifava, F. Frangi, and A Morandotti, (eds.), Brescia 2012, p. 60, under cat. no. 14;
O. D'Albo, "Sulla fama del 'Correggio Insubre,' Un primo squardo alla fortuna di Giulio Cesare Procaccini nelle collezioni europee tra Seicento e Ottocento," in Lombardia ed Europa: Incroci di storia e cultura, D. Zardin, (ed.), Milan 2014, p. 205;
O. D'Albo, "Giulio Cesare Procaccini, per un catalogo dei dipinti," Ph.D. diss., Università Cattolica di Milano 2016, p. 280, cat. no. 96, reproduced;
H. Brigstocke and O. D'Albo, Guilio Cesare Procaccini, Life and Work, Turin 2020, pp. 41, 354, 372, 437-438, cat. no. 104, reproduced in color p. 137.ExhibitedNew York, Hall & Knight, Procaccini in America, 15 October - 23 November 2002, no. 10.Catalogue note
Baroque: Masterpieces from the Fisch Davidson CollectionGiulio Cesare ProcacciniBologna 1574 - 1625 MilanJudith and Holofernes
inscribed by a seventeenth-century hand on the reverse: G.C. Procaccini / + M.A.D.oil on canvascanvas: 52⅝ by 38⅞ in.; 133.7 by 98.7 cm.framed: 63 by 50½ in.; 160.0 by 128.3 cm.Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Zola.hoehn@sothebys.com ProvenanceCommissioned by Giovan Carlo Doria (1576-1625), Genoa (1617 - 1621 inv. no. 401);
Thence by descent to his son, Agostino Doria (d. 1644), Genoa (1625 - 1641 inv. no. 114);
Thence by inheritance to his uncle, Gio. Carlo's brother, Marc Antonio Doria (1572-1651), Genoa (according to an inscription on the reverse);
Thence probably by inheritance to Marcantonio IV Doria (1765-1837), Prince of Angri, Genoa, by 1780;
Private collector, Geneva;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Gentleman of Title"), London, Sotheby's, 8 July 1992, lot 89;
With Whitfield Fine Arts, London, 1994;
From whom acquired by the present collectors, 1995.LiteratureC.G. Ratti, Instruzione di quanto puo’ vedersi di piu’ bello in Genova in pittura, scultura, ed architettura ecc., Genoa 1780, p. 332;
H. Brigstocke, "L'attività scultorea di Giulio Cesare Procaccini Documenti e testimonianze—Procaccino, Cerano, Morazzone, Dipinti lombardi del primo Seicento dalle civiche collezioni genovesi," in Burlington Magazine 136, no. 1090 (January 1994), p. 34, reproduced fig. 36;
H. Brigstocke, Procaccini in America, exhibition catalogue, New York 2002, pp. 41, 98-101, 130-131, 137, 139, 191, cat. no. 10, reproduced p. 41 plate 76, p. 191, and in color p. 99;
F.M. Ferro, "Postille a Giulio Cesare Procaccini " in Arte lombarda del secondo millennio: Saggi in onore di Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua, F. Flores d'Arcais, M. Olivari, and L. Tognoli Bardin (eds.), Milan 2003, p. 43;
V. Farina, "Gio. Carlo Doria (1576 - 1625)," in L'età di Rubens: Dimore, committenti e collezionisti genovesi, exhibition catalogue, P. Boccardo (ed.), Milan 2004, p. 191, reproduced fig. 2;
F. Frangi, Daniele Crespi La giovinezza ritrovata, Segrate 2012, p. 80 note 19;
A. Morandotti, in Museo Lechi, primi studi e riscoperte, P. Boifava, F. Frangi, and A Morandotti, (eds.), Brescia 2012, p. 60, under cat. no. 14;
O. D'Albo, "Sulla fama del 'Correggio Insubre,' Un primo squardo alla fortuna di Giulio Cesare Procaccini nelle collezioni europee tra Seicento e Ottocento," in Lombardia ed Europa: Incroci di storia e cultura, D. Zardin, (ed.), Milan 2014, p. 205;
O. D'Albo, "Giulio Cesare Procaccini, per un catalogo dei dipinti," Ph.D. diss., Università Cattolica di Milano 2016, p. 280, cat. no. 96, reproduced;
H. Brigstocke and O. D'Albo, Guilio Cesare Procaccini, Life and Work, Turin 2020, pp. 41, 354, 372, 437-438, cat. no. 104, reproduced in color p. 137.ExhibitedNew York, Hall & Knight, Procaccini in America, 15 October - 23 November 2002, no. 10.Catalogue note
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