11th Jun, 2025 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture
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ANTONIO CAVALLUCCI (ITALIAN 1752-1795)
PORTRAIT OF SAINT BENEDICT JOSEPH LABRE
oil on canvas
73 x 60.5cm; 28 3/4 x 23 3/4in
87.5 x 74cm; 34 1/2 x 29in (framed)
Provenance
Sale, Hôtel Drouot (Giquello) Paris, 21 November 2023, lot 54 (as Roman School circa 1780)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
After failing entry into a monastic order, Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783) opted for a life of freedom over confinement, and became a monk on his own terms. Embarking on a series of pilgrammages, he travelled to Rome, Tuscany, Switzerland and Germany, refusing the charity of strangers, sleeping outdoors and maintaining perpetual silence. When he fell down and died on the church steps of S. Maria dei Monti in Rome at the age of 35, the streets of the city were filled with the cries of children shouting 'The Saint is dead!' He was canonised by Pope Leo XIII in 1881.
PORTRAIT OF SAINT BENEDICT JOSEPH LABRE
oil on canvas
73 x 60.5cm; 28 3/4 x 23 3/4in
87.5 x 74cm; 34 1/2 x 29in (framed)
Provenance
Sale, Hôtel Drouot (Giquello) Paris, 21 November 2023, lot 54 (as Roman School circa 1780)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
After failing entry into a monastic order, Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783) opted for a life of freedom over confinement, and became a monk on his own terms. Embarking on a series of pilgrammages, he travelled to Rome, Tuscany, Switzerland and Germany, refusing the charity of strangers, sleeping outdoors and maintaining perpetual silence. When he fell down and died on the church steps of S. Maria dei Monti in Rome at the age of 35, the streets of the city were filled with the cries of children shouting 'The Saint is dead!' He was canonised by Pope Leo XIII in 1881.
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture, 11th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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Tuesday 10th June: 10am to 5pm
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PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 8th June:12pm to 4pm
Monday 9th June: 10am to 8pm
Tuesday 10th June: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 11th June 2025, 12pm, precisely
