
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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LITERATURE:
A. Scarpa Sonino, Omaggio a Rosalba Carriera, Miniature e Pastelli nelle Collezioni Private (Venice, 1997), p. 34, as Madonna con le mani giunte sul petto
Although religious subjects are not common in Carriera's oeuvre, Scarpa Sonino comments in her catalogue (op.cit.) that the King of Poland is known to have commissioned at least ten for the gallery at Dresden. Several of the studies she made of Madonnas, whether in miniature or in pastel, show the influence of sixteenth century painters such as Correggio whom Carriera greatly admired. Scarpa Sonino suggests that the present lot is likely to date from after Carriera's trip to Modena in 1723.