Photograph File: "Fetti and Crespi reference photographs"
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Description
File including paintings by Domenico Fetti and Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Also includes correspondence between Sir Denis Mahon and Ronald J Horton regarding a painting entitled "The Temptation of Christ" by Fetti. Offer by Ronald Horton to Sir Denis to sell, but price not agreed. There is also a handwritten note regarding "The Temptation of Christ." There are annotations on the verso of many of the prints, along with stamps and details from various photographic studios including A.C. Cooper, Les Archives Photographiques, Photo Studios Limited in Hanover Square and Phot. Wolfrum. The paintings represented in this file are from various locations including, Vienna, Dresden, Toulouse, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Louvre, Budapest, the Palazzo Pepoli in Bologna and the National Gallery of Ireland. The Paintings include, by Fetti; "The Temptation of Christ by the Devil," "Jacob's Dream," "The Marriage of St Catherine" and "La Mélencolie." Also included by Crespi are; "Äneas, die Sibylle und Charon," "The Centaur Chiron and Achilles," "The Peasant's Family," "Democritus and Heraclitus" and "The Massacre of the Innocents" by Giuseppe Maria Crespi [National Gallery of Ireland, NGI 1020, purchased 1940]
Creator
Sir Denis Mahon
Related topics
| Title | Photograph File: "Fetti and Crespi reference photographs" |
|---|---|
| Creator | Sir Denis Mahon |
| Date | [1935-1957] |
| Type | Component |
| Ref | IE NGI/DM/1/2/3/1/58 |
| Level | File |
| Condition | Good |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 51 items, 14pp |
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