Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2589BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 31, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
After Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708-1787)
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Unsigned, with a label from PinturerÃa de Montserrat, Buenos Aires, affixed to the
stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 54 x 40 1/4 in. (137.2 x 102.2 cm),framed.
Condition: Patch reinforcements, craquelure, surface grime.
N.B. The original is located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, Austria.
Estimate $2,000-4,000
Approx. 2 in. jagged tear to son's garments (lower left).