LOUIS (LUDOVICO) FINSON
Head of Mars
Oil on canvas
83.3 x 66.5 cm
32 3/4 x 26 1/8 in
32 3/4 x 26 1/8 in
Further images
Provenance
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 April 2003, lot 138 (as follower of Nicolas Régnier);
Private collection, Italy.Exhibitions
Ariccia, Palazzo Chigi, La “schola” del Caravaggio: Dipinti dalla Collezione Koelliker,13 October 2006 – 11 February 2007, no. 85;
Bergamo, Accademia Carrara, Cecco del Caravaggio: L’allievo modello, 28 January – 4 June 2023, no. 30.
Literature
G. Papi, La “schola” del Caravaggio: Dipinti dalla Collezione Koelliker, exh. cat., Milan 2006, pp. 278-279, cat. no. 85, reproduced;
A. Lemoine, Nicolas Régnier (alias Niccoló Renieri), ca. 1588 – 1667: Peintre, collectionneur et marchand d’art, Paris 2007, p. 336, under cat. no. R. 60;
G. Papi (ed.), Cecco del Caravaggio: L’allievo modello, exh. cat., Milan 2023, pp. 186-187, cat. no. 30, reproduced in colour.