Sophonisba receiving the poison
(c. 1675)
- Artist/s name
- Mattia PRETI
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 143.8 x 259.0 cm
- Accession Number
- 1818-5
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1968
- Gallery Location
- 16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
Provenance
Collection of the Principi Antici Mattei family, Rome; collection of the Conti Gaetani, Rome; exhibited Studio d'Arte Palma, Rome, Mostra di pittori italiani del seicento, December 1944 – February 1945, no 20; with Colnaghi (dealer), London by 1968; purchased from Colnaghi on the advice of Dr. Mary Woodall, with Sir Michael Levey and Signor Giovanni Carandente, for the Felton Bequest, 1968.
