Paolo Guidotti, called Cavalier Borghese (c.1560-1629)
Crucified Christ triumphant over Death, Flesh and Devil, 1621
Oil on walnut panel; inscribed to the back: PAULUS BURGHESIUS GUI/DOTTUS. V.I.D. EQUES. CHR/ISTI/ AURETAM MILITIAE MILIUS. / ALMA URBIS…/ F. i62i.
41 x 24 cm
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Maffeo Barberini, future Pope Urban VIII, in 1621;
by whom given to his brother, Carlo, in 1623;
Taddeo Barberini until 1648/49;
Maffeo Barberini from 1655 until his death in 1686 (documented);
Francesco Barberini, Prince of Palestrina, in 1730;
Private collection, L’Aquila, before 1957;
Private collection, Rome, until 2017.
Literature
I. Faldi, Paolo Guidotti e gli affreschi della «Sala del Cavaliere» nel palazzo di Bassano di Sutri, in «Bollettino d'Arte», XLII, 1957, pp. 290-2, fig. 15 note 44.
A. G. De Marchi, 600’ a spicchi. Classicismo e non, Rome 2015, p.55, n. 15.
SOLD TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART
SOLD TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART