
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1993, lot 72 (as Marco Liberi)
Sale, Finarte, Milan, 16 May 2007, lot 32 (as Pietro Liberi, sold for EUR 170,000)
Literature
E. Martini, 'Due "battaglie" e altre opere di Pietro Liberi' in Arte Documento, vol. VIII, 1994, cat. no. 225
U. Ruggeri, Pietro e Marco Liberi: pittori nella Venezia del Seicento, Rimini, 1996, p. 167, cat. no. 118, ill.
An Allegory showing the figure of Peace protecting Man and Earth, the present painting is a mature work by Pietro Liberi. Its blonde tonality suggests a date of the mid 1660s, as suggested by Ugo Ruggeri in his catalogue entry for the painting. He goes on to describe the work as a splendida testimonianza of this moment in Liberi's career.