Lot 194
- 194
STUDIO OF JUAN DE VALDÉS LEAL | The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
- with brushed inventory number on the reverse: 393
- oil on canvas
- 112.5 x 89 cm.; 44 1/4 x 35 in.
Provenance
In the collection of the March family, Palma de Mallorca;
Thence by family descent to the present owner.
Thence by family descent to the present owner.
Literature
E. Valdivieso, Valdés Leal, exh. cat., Madrid 1991, p. 254, under cat. no. 78.
Catalogue Note
The present lot is a workshop variant of Valdés Leal's larger canvas in the Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville.1 A sketch by Valdés Leal for this composition is preserved in the collection of the Musée Ernest Rupin, Brive-la-Gaillarde,2 and one other studio version is recorded in the Baltimore Museum of Art.3 1 Valdivieso 1991, p. 254, cat. no. 78, reproduced p. 255.
2 Valdivieso 1991, reproduced p. 254.
3 Valdivieso 1991, p. 254, under cat. no. 78.
2 Valdivieso 1991, reproduced p. 254.
3 Valdivieso 1991, p. 254, under cat. no. 78.