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PROSPERO MALLERINI
Bergamo 1761-1836 Rome
A trompe l’œil of Desiderio da Settignano’s bust of the youthful Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas
65.5 x 40.5 cm.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Italy.
LITERATURE
A. Baldinotti in A. Giusti (ed.), Inganni ad arte. Meraviglie del trompe-l'oeil dall'antichità al
contemporaneo, exhibition catalogue, Florence 2009, p. 239, cat. no. VI.13, reproduced in colour (as
Italian School, 19th Century).
EXHIBITED
Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Inganni ad arte. Meraviglie del trompe-l'œil dall'antichità al
contemporaneo, 16 October 2009 - 24 January 2010, no VI.13 (as Italian School, 19th Century).
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