Allegory of Poetry

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AFTER CARLO DOLCI
Allegory of Poetry
油彩画布
22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (57.2 x 44.5 cm.)
in a carved giltwood frame with four painted vignettes of Dante, Petrarch and other poets and four landscapes, further decorated with roundels of simulated lapis lazuli and malachite

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[Régence to Fabergé - An apartment by Jed Johnson]; Christie's, London, 20 May 2010, lot 221, where acquired by the present owner.

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拍品专文

This painting is after the work by Dolci in the Galleria Corsini, Florence. The Poesia is perhaps Dolci's most famous work and soon after its creation was lauded in treatises on Florentine art and guidebooks to the city, for example those by Filippo Baldinucci and Lanzi.

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