Cain and Abel

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Paolo Guidotti
Cain and Abel
ca. 1610

About the Item

Paolo Guidotti (il Cavalier Borghese) (Italian, 1560-1629) "Cain and Abel" ca. 1610 Oil on Panel 44.5" x 58" inches framed 28" x 41.5" inches unframed Provenance: Private collection, Southern France This masterpiece "Cain and Abel" was acquired many years ago through a private collector in Southern France, first attributed by the specialist Stephen Pepper to the magnificent artist Annibale Carraci, and was exhibited at the Palazzo Pepol Campo Grande in Bologna, Italy. After a deeper analysis the attribution to Carraci was discarded and the final attribution came to Paolo Guidotti, this work has been seen by several experts and all agree with the given attribution the most recent by Dr. Michele Nicolaci which has published a book with our painting as reference. The work has been exhibited in different exhibitions and publications, one of them on May 28, 2016 in the Washington Post. The work was cleaned and restored by David Chesterman but a writing condition report has never been made. Paolo Guidotti, known as Il Borghese or Cavaliere Borghese, Italian painter and architect, active in Rome. As painter he was a representative of late Roman Mannerism. In 1610 he decorated the Sala della Felicità Eterna in the Palazzo Odescalchi Giustiniani in Bassano Romano in the province of Viterbo. His influence on painting in Lucca was important. Many of his architectural works, completed for Pope Sixtus V have been lost. He completed a series of sculptures for Pope Paul V, who allowed him to adopt the surname Borghese, and made him conservator of the Campidoglio and leader of the Accademia San Luca. Somewhat of a polymath, he made the preparations for the ornamentation surrounding the canonization in 1622 of Isidore the Labourer, Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Filippo Neri, and Saint Teresa of Ávila. He wrote an epic poem titled Gerusalemma Distrutta, concluding each eighth line with the same words of Gerusalemme liberata. He is said to have traveled to cemeteries at night to examine cadavers for drawing.

Creator:
Paolo Guidotti (1560-1629, Italian)
Creation Year:
ca. 1610
Dimensions:
Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 48.5 in (123.19 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Panel
Movement & Style:
Baroque
Period:
17th Century
Condition:
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Gallery Location:
Kensington, MD
Reference Number:
Seller: Inventory no. OM-93 1stDibs: G1307082107