Three Boy Martyrs
attributed to Giovanni Antonio Galli (Siena 1585 - 1651/3)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1649
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
667 x 495 mm (26 1/4 x 19 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609074
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Three Boy Martyrs attributed to Giovanni Antonio Galli, called Lo Spadarino (Siena 1585 - 1651/3), first half of 17th century. Three boys, half-length, carrying palm leaves; the boy in the centre, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, wears a red cloak over his white shirt and carries a palm in his left hand; the child at the left, in blue, facing, head turned to right profile, holding a palm in his left hand; the third child, on the right, turned slightly to the left, glancing down over the shoulder of the central boy.
Provenance
Presumably acquired by William, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842) and recorded in the 1847 inventory; bequeathed to the National Trust in 1947 with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On stretcher (middle): ATT/P/140 N.T. Attingham On stretcher (bottom): ATT/P/140 On reverse of frame (top): PF/140 On reverse of frame (top): ATT/PF/140 Attrib. Carlo Dolci (or Ducci?) Three Boy Martyrs On reverse of frame (bottom): ATT/PF/140 On reverse of frame (right): Dolci
Makers and roles
attributed to Giovanni Antonio Galli (Siena 1585 - 1651/3) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Italian (Florentine) School, artist
References
Dix 1847 David Edmund Dix, A Catalogue of Paintings and Engravings Attingham. [Signed and dated] David Edmund Dix. 8th Decr 1847, [p.5] Pulini 2007 M. Pulini, "Lo Spadarino tra damnatio memoriae e rescoperta", Storia dell' Arte, no. 118, 2007, p. 34 & fig. 6 Caravaggio's Friends and Foes, Whitfield Fine Art, 27 May - 23 July 2010, pp.54-57
