
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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Provenance
Purchased by the present owner's father in the 1970s
The present lot can be compared to two other works by Sirani of the 1660s. The treatment of the lamb and the fur-lined cloth in the current painting comes very close to that in the Infant Saint John the Baptist, signed and dated 1665, offered at Sotheby's New York, 5 June 2014, lot 35. A further comparable can be found in the Delilah of 1664 which was offered at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 November 2011.
Please note the additional provenance for this lot: Sale, Sotheby's London, 4 November 1970, lot 4