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Lot 27

Circle of Francesco Maffei, Italian 1605-1660-  Study of a bearded monk in a grey habit;  oil on...

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Lot 27

Circle of Francesco Maffei, 
Italian 1605-1660- 
Study of a bearded monk in a grey habit; 
oil on...

Price Realised: £551

Estimate: £600 - £800

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 27

Description

Circle of Francesco Maffei, 
Italian 1605-1660- 

Study of a bearded monk in a grey habit; 

oil on canvas, 16.6 x 15.5 cm. 

Provenance: 
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 21 September 2010, lot 312. 

Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
Francesco Maffei is noted for his somewhat provincial stylistic quirks, combining the decorative manner of the Baroque with visual distortions and nervous brush strokes. He is known to have travelled briefly to Venice in 1638, where he would have encountered the then brash new Baroque painterly style of Johann Liss (c.1590-1629/30), Bernardo Strozzi (c.1581-1644), and Domenico Fetti (c.1589-1623).
He was to influence a variety of painters, including Andrea Celesti (c.1637-1711) and Antonio Bellucci (1654–1727), a mentor of Sebastiano Ricci. The present work is highly reminiscent of Maffei's mannered figure types and loose brushwork. 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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