LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas, unframed

Measurements:

114.49 in. (290.80 cm.) (height) by 67.01 in. (170.20 cm.) (width)

Literature:

R. Soprani and C.G. Ratti, Vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti genovesi, 1768, vol. II, p. 37; E. and F. Poleggi, eds., Descrizione della città di Genova da un anonimo del 1818, Genoa 1969, pp. 286-289; B. Fredericksen, Catalogue of the Paintings in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu 1972, p. 53, no. 58; B. Fredericksen, The J. Paul Getty Museum: Greek and Roman Antiquities, Western European Paintings and French Decorative Arts of the Eighteenth Century, London 1975, p. 97, reproduced; L. Cristin, ed., The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Malibu 1975, p. 63; The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Malibu 1976, p. 67; The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Malibu 1978, p. 82; L. Magnani, "Cultura laica e scelte religiose: artisti, committenti e tematiche del sacro," in La Pittura in Liguria. Il secondo Seicento, Genoa 1990, p. 462 (note 269); D. Jaffé, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1997, p. 96, reproduced; D. Sanguineti, Domenico Piola e i pittori della sua casa, Soncino 2004, vol. II, pp. 394-395, no. I.54, reproduced tav. XXX.

Provenance:

Commissioned from the artist for the Church of San Domenico, Genoa, later abandoned in 1798; R.D. Score, Beverly Hills, California, by 1968; His sale, ('The Property of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Score, Los Angeles'), New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 22 October 1970, lot 70; Where acquired by The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu.