18th C. Paintings


Paolo de' Matteis
(Italian, 1662-1728)
Andromeda and Perseus
ca. 1710
K1786
Oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 24 3/4 inches (75.9 x 62.9 cm)

Provenance
Contini Bonacossi, Florence, from whom acquired by Kress in 1950
Museum of Art, Science, and Industry (now "The Discovery Museum"), Bridgeport, CT

Andromeda on the Rocks

Martin Van Meytens II
(Swedish, 1695-1770)
Portrait of a Boy
c. 1750
K1586
Oil on canvas
26 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches (67.7 x 52.1 cm)

Provenance
Paul Drey, New York
Acquired by Kress in 1948
Museum of Art, Science, and Industry (now "The Discovery Museum"), Bridgeport, CT

Exhibited
Kansas City, MO, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Settecento Exhibition
Andover, MA., Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Art of the Past, cat. no. 37
Northampton, MA, Smith College Museum of Art, Italian Baroque Painting, February 6-25, 1947. no. 33 (as a self portrait by Ghilandi)

Portrait of a Boy

Basilio Lasinio (Italian, 1766-1839)
Rustic Scene
c. 1783
K1818
Oil on canvas
15 x 22 7/8 inches (38.1 x 58.1 cm)

Provenance
Contini Bonacossi, Florence, from whom acquired by Kress in 1950
Museum of Art, Science, and Industry (now "The Discovery Museum"), Bridgeport, CT

Exhibited
Tulsa, OK, Tulsa Traveling Study Collection, April-September 1960, as by Lasinio

Rustic Scene


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