GASPARE TRAVERSI
The Sewing Lesson, towards the end of the 1740s
Oil on canvas
131 x 158 cm
51 5/8 x 62 1/4 in
51 5/8 x 62 1/4 in
Provenance
Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 11 January 1979, lot 45;
With Colnaghi, London;
Private collection, London, by 1981;
Anonymous sale, Milan, Christie's, 22 May 2007, lot 47, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
N. Spinosa in Sebastiano Conca (1680 - 1764), exh. cat., Gaeta 1981, p. 82, reproduced fig. 9;
N. Spinosa, Pittura napolitana del Settecento, dal Rococò al Classicismo, Naples 1987, p. 97, cat. no. 83, reproduced p. 226, fig. 103;
N. Spinosa, Gaspare Traversi, napoletani del '700 tra miseria e nobilitĂ , exh. cat., Naples 2003 - 2004, p. 227, cat. no. R18.