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The Martyrdom and Last Communion of St. Lucy
(Paolo Veronese)

Measurements
139.8 x 173.4 cms
Type
Oil on board
Provenance

Conte Teodoro Lechi, Brescia, 1814, cat. no. 49. Acquired in Venice, 31st September 1827 by James Irvine for Sir William Forbes of Fettercairn (died 1828) as ‘Martyrdom of St. Justiana’. Sir John Stuart Forbes (dec’d 1866), Harriet, daughter of Sir John, who married Charles, 20th Baron Clinton. Mrs Peter Somervell by descent. Bowes Lyon, Kincardine, Eire. Private Collection, Germany

Literature

Indice e descrizione dei quadri del Sig. Generale Conte Teodoro Lechi di Brescia, Milan, 1814, no. 49. P. Caliari, Paolo Veronese, 1888, p.281. F.J.B. Watson’s ‘Venetian Art and Britain: a Partial Survey of the Royal Academy’s Winter Exhibition 1959/60’ in Arte Veneta 1959/60, pp. 265-268. L. Vertova, ‘Some Late Works by Veronese’, Burlington Magazine, Vol. 102, February 1960, pp. 68-71, fig. 25. R. Pallucchini, La Pittura Veneta all Mostra, ‘Italian Art and Britain’, in Festschrift Eberhard Hanfstaengel, 1961, p.75. R. Pallucchini, Paolo Veronese, 1963-64, pp. 124-5. A. Ballarin, ‘Osservazioni sui dipinti Veneziani del Cinquecentonella Galleria del Castello di Praga’ Art Veneta, 1965, p.79. R. Marini, ‘L’Opera completa del Veronese, 1968, no. 122. T. Pignatti, Veronese, 1976, vol. 1, no. 279, vol. II, fig. 623

Exhibited

Royal Academy, Italian Art adn Britain, 1960, no. 67, repr. in illus. supplement.

Where is It?
Acquired through The Matthiesen Gallery by the National Gallery, Washington
Historical Period
Mannerism & Cinquecento - 1530-1600
Subject
Historical events
School
Italian - Venetian
Price band
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