PAVONA, Francesco. Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis Stephen of Lorraine. VIIIth century.
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Start Price 5 000 €
Description
Two oils on canvas, each of mm. 590x440. Inserted into contemporary frames, mm. 680x530.
Two fine paintings with the technique of pastel, executed in a style similar to that of Rosalba Carriera. The two rulers are portrayed on the threshold of maturity from Pavona, at the time particularly well-known for his pastel portraits.
Francesco Pavona, Udine 1695 - Venice 1777, was a pupil before Giacomo Carneo in Friuli, then in Bologna with Marcantonio Franceschini and John Gioseffo dal Sole. He worked throughout Italy, most of the European courts and aristocratic patrons around Europe, becoming so famous to the point that, back in Venice, was elected to the Academy of Painting and Drawing at the expense of Canaletto.
Pallucchini, La pittura Veneziana del 700, Venezia-Roma, 1960; Thomas Liebsch, Il soggiorno di Francesco Pavona a Dresda e la pittura a pastello della metà del secolo XVIII alla corte sassone, Udine, 2004.
Good state of preservation.
Two fine paintings with the technique of pastel, executed in a style similar to that of Rosalba Carriera. The two rulers are portrayed on the threshold of maturity from Pavona, at the time particularly well-known for his pastel portraits.
Francesco Pavona, Udine 1695 - Venice 1777, was a pupil before Giacomo Carneo in Friuli, then in Bologna with Marcantonio Franceschini and John Gioseffo dal Sole. He worked throughout Italy, most of the European courts and aristocratic patrons around Europe, becoming so famous to the point that, back in Venice, was elected to the Academy of Painting and Drawing at the expense of Canaletto.
Pallucchini, La pittura Veneziana del 700, Venezia-Roma, 1960; Thomas Liebsch, Il soggiorno di Francesco Pavona a Dresda e la pittura a pastello della metà del secolo XVIII alla corte sassone, Udine, 2004.
Good state of preservation.
