After Correggio (Italian, c. 1489-1534) Jupiter and Io

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After Correggio (Italian, c. 1489-1534)

Jupiter and Io. Unsigned, with a label from Ben Kabatznick, Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts, affixed to the back of the frame. Oil on canvas, 22 x 17 3/4 in., in a carved and gilded frame. Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure. minor surface grime.

N.B. The painting at hand presents a detail of the original work by Correggio now in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. The Correggio work, created in 1532-33, was commissioned by Federico Gonzaga II, Duke of Mantua, purportedly to decorate a room dedicated to the loves of Jupiter (Zeus).
Estimate $600-800


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