Francesco Albani
(Bologna, 1578 - Bologna, 1660)
"The Samaritana"
Oil on copper, 39 x 29 cm
Provenance:
Paris, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis of Seignelay;
Paris, Pierre Louis de Reich de Pennautier;
Paris, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, 1711;
London, Orléans sale, 1798;
London, Huet sale, 1809;
Paris, Heim-Gairac Gallery, circa 1970.
Bibliography: Catherine R. Puglisi, Francesco Albani, New Haven 1999, p. 131, no. 40.LV.a (among easel paintings
1610 - 1617, as a lost work).
Critical sheet by Dr. Marco Riccomini.