Details
MARCELLO VENUSTI (COMO 1512-1579 ROME)
The Flagellation
oil on panel
22 x 17 in. (55.8 x 43.2 cm.)
Provenance
Prince Joseph Wenzel I of Liechtenstein (1696-1772), Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Vienna, and thence by descent.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv. no. 6292 (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1989, lot 196, as 'Italian School, late 17th Century', where acquired by the father of the present owners.
Literature
Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna, 1885, p. 38, no. 262, as 'Cristoforo Allori, called Bronzino'.
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We are grateful to Dr Francesca Parrilla for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph. Dr Parrilla notes that there are two other versions made by Venusti of this Flagellation, one in the Galleria Borghese, and another in a private collection. The composition itself follows the work made by Sebastiano del Piombo for the Borgherini chapel in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, which was completed in 1524.

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