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Lot 85TP

Giuseppe Bonito
(Castellammare 1707-1789 Naples)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Francesco Barletta, seated at a desk

5 July 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £30,000

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Giuseppe Bonito (Castellammare 1707-1789 Naples)

Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Francesco Barletta, seated at a desk
oil on canvas
157.5 x 116.8cm (62 x 46in).

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It has been suggested that the present portrait represents the Naples clockmaker Francesco Barletta, who is mentioned by Gaetano Filangieri in his book Indice degli artefici delle arti Maggiore e Minori (Naples, Tipografia dell' Accademia Reale delle Scienze, 1891, vol. I, p.45). He is referred to in this as the restorer in 1748 of the clock of the Santissima Annunziata in Naples. In addition, in 1746 he made the clock for the Gallipoli Tower, in Puglia, while also being known to have entered into a contract for maintaining the clock on the Palazzo Abbaziale di Loreto.

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