GIACINTO DIANO (Pozzuoli 1731 - Naples 1803) ESTER AND ASSUERUS Oil on canvas, 119 x 96 cm. Framed PROVENANCE Roman family The painting is preparatory model for the fresco located in the church of Madonna del Ponte in Lanciano. Additional model of unknown location is in the photographic archives of the Federico Zeri Foundation and is almost identical to the painting under consideration CONDITION OF THE PAINTING 19th-century rintelo. Paint falls at upper left and lower right. Some restoration points in the center of the painting

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