Lot 360 , Florentine School (18th century) after Justus (Giusto) Sustermans (1597-1681), Portrait of Galileo Galilei

Florentine School (18th century) after Justus (Giusto) Sustermans (1597-1681)
Portrait of Galileo Galilei
oil on canvas
59 x 49cm
£800-1,200
Provenance: Sotheby’s, Lot 62, 16 March 1993

Condition:
Oil on canvas relined many years ago, now rather dirty with stretchmarks showing across the top and down the sides, fine Craquelure running through the paint. Housed in a later carved giltwood frame. Sothebys yellow chalk marks verso

Sold for £1,300