Null RETURN OF DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH
Oil on canvas. Doubled.
142.5 x 19…
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RETURN OF DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH Oil on canvas. Doubled. 142.5 x 197.5 cm. Circa 1610. In gilded frame with foliate relief. Depiction from the biblical story of David's battle against the giant Goliath. On the left at the edge, the young David with a bright red cloak, holding a long staff with the giant's oversized head upwards in his hands, a red bloodstain visible on his forehead. He had hit the giant on the forehead with a slingshot and cut off his head with his sword. To his right are female figures making music and dancing lightly with a triangle, tambourine and wind instrument, celebrating his triumph; to David's left is a soldier in armor. Provenance: Princes De Ferrari, Palazzo De Ferrari, Genoa. Literature: Bruno Santi and Claudio Strinati (eds.), Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio ad centro di un rapporto millenario, exhibition catalog, Siena 2005, pp. 412-413. Cf. Pierluigi Carofano, Antonio Vignali (eds.), Tenerezza e luce nella pittura italiana tra Quattrocento e Settecento, exhibition catalog, Pontedera 2013. Pierluigi Carofano, in: I miti e il territorio nella Sicilia dalle mille culture. L'Influenza di Caravaggio e dei Fiamminghi nella pittura meridionale, exhibition catalog, F. Paliaga (ed.), Castello Normanno-Svevo di Salemi, Pontedera 2015. Exhibitions: Siena, Palazzo Squarcialupi, Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio al centro di un rapporto millenario, November 2005-February 2006. (14012510) (13) Antiveduto Gramatica, 1571 Siena - 1626 Rome DAVID RETURNING WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH, CA. 1610 Oil on canvas. Relined. 142.5 x 197.5 cm. Provenance: De Ferrari Princes, Palazzo De Ferrari, Genoa. Literature: B. Santi and C. Strinati (ed.), Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio ad centro di un rapporto millenario, exhibition catalogue, Siena 2005, pp. 412-413. cf. Pierluigi Carofano and A. Vignali (ed.), Tenerezza e luce nella pittura italiana tra Quattrocento e Settecento, exhibition catalogue, Pontedera 2013. Pierluigi Carofano, in: I miti e il territorio nella Sicilia dalle mille culture. L'Influenza di Caravaggio e dei Fiamminghi nella pittura meridionale, exhibition catalogue, F. Paliaga (ed.), Pontedera 2015. Exhibitions: Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio al centro di un rapporto millenario, Palazzo Squarcialupi, Siena, November 2005 - February 2006. (†)

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RETURN OF DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH Oil on canvas. Doubled. 142.5 x 197.5 cm. Circa 1610. In gilded frame with foliate relief. Depiction from the biblical story of David's battle against the giant Goliath. On the left at the edge, the young David with a bright red cloak, holding a long staff with the giant's oversized head upwards in his hands, a red bloodstain visible on his forehead. He had hit the giant on the forehead with a slingshot and cut off his head with his sword. To his right are female figures making music and dancing lightly with a triangle, tambourine and wind instrument, celebrating his triumph; to David's left is a soldier in armor. Provenance: Princes De Ferrari, Palazzo De Ferrari, Genoa. Literature: Bruno Santi and Claudio Strinati (eds.), Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio ad centro di un rapporto millenario, exhibition catalog, Siena 2005, pp. 412-413. Cf. Pierluigi Carofano, Antonio Vignali (eds.), Tenerezza e luce nella pittura italiana tra Quattrocento e Settecento, exhibition catalog, Pontedera 2013. Pierluigi Carofano, in: I miti e il territorio nella Sicilia dalle mille culture. L'Influenza di Caravaggio e dei Fiamminghi nella pittura meridionale, exhibition catalog, F. Paliaga (ed.), Castello Normanno-Svevo di Salemi, Pontedera 2015. Exhibitions: Siena, Palazzo Squarcialupi, Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio al centro di un rapporto millenario, November 2005-February 2006. (14012510) (13) Antiveduto Gramatica, 1571 Siena - 1626 Rome DAVID RETURNING WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH, CA. 1610 Oil on canvas. Relined. 142.5 x 197.5 cm. Provenance: De Ferrari Princes, Palazzo De Ferrari, Genoa. Literature: B. Santi and C. Strinati (ed.), Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio ad centro di un rapporto millenario, exhibition catalogue, Siena 2005, pp. 412-413. cf. Pierluigi Carofano and A. Vignali (ed.), Tenerezza e luce nella pittura italiana tra Quattrocento e Settecento, exhibition catalogue, Pontedera 2013. Pierluigi Carofano, in: I miti e il territorio nella Sicilia dalle mille culture. L'Influenza di Caravaggio e dei Fiamminghi nella pittura meridionale, exhibition catalogue, F. Paliaga (ed.), Pontedera 2015. Exhibitions: Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio al centro di un rapporto millenario, Palazzo Squarcialupi, Siena, November 2005 - February 2006. (†)

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