Girolamo Brusaferro (Venice 1679-1745) The Banishment of Hagar oil on canvas 131.1 x 97.2cm (51 5/8 x 38 1/4in). Footnotes: Provenance Sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1963, lot 106 (as Sebastiano Ricci) With Roy Fisher, New York, 1970 (as Sebastiano Ricci) Private Collection, USA Literature A. Pasian, 'Girolamo Brusaferro sacro e profano', in AFAT - Arte in Friuli Arte a Trieste, vol. 30, 2011, pp. 64-5, ill, fig. 7 Long attributed to Sebastiano Ricci and Gaspare Diziani, the present work was first recognized as the work of Brusaferro in 2011 (see literature). This attribution has subsequently been endorsed by Anna Pietropolli upon inspection of colour photographs. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com