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William Morris Antiques has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
Framed in Giltwood hexagonal frame.
Inccriptions to the reverse.
Franceschini was an Italian painter, a leading artist of the Bolognese school of the Baroque period.He worked in Genoa, Modena, and Rome as well as in Bologna and worked extensively for patrons in Austria and Germany. He was made director of the Clementina Academy in Bologna in 1721. Franceschini was the last important representative of the tradition of the Carracci; the works of Lodovico Carracci and Francesco Albani are the main sources of his style. His figures, brushwork, and colouring are not remarkable, but he had a gift for skillfully arranging an elaborate composition and demonstrated considerable talent as a decorator. His paintings in both oils and fresco are fairly numerous for an artist of this period.
William Morris Antiques has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
Jess william morris established himself in the antiques business in 1999 after being awarded an rics accredited fine art valuation degree
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Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729) Mary Magdalene
