Paolo de Matteis (Cilento 1662-1728 Naples)The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and attendant putti
oil on canvas
152.1 x 174.6cm (59 7/8 x 68 3/4in).
unframed注脚Provenance
Sale, Ansorena, Madrid, 18 December 1997, lot 210 (as Sebastiano Conca)
Private Collection, Madrid
Sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 2005, lot 75

Literature
J. Urrea Fernandez, La pintura italiana del siglo XVIII en España, Valladolid, 1977, p. 260, pl.LXXI, fig. 2, as Sebastiano Conca

We are grateful to Professor Nicola Spinosa for confirming the attribution to de Matteis upon inspection of a colour photograph and for suggesting a date of circa 1710 for the work.