Marzio Masturzio

Marzio Masturzio (Naples, active c. 1670) A cavalry skirmish, with a city engulfed in flames beyond oil on canvas 28 3/8 x 52¾ in. (71.9 x 134 cm.) Please note the images for lot 212 and lot 213 have been transposed in the printed catalogue. Please refer to the images online. We are grateful to Professor Giancarlo Sestieri for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. This painting can be compared with a Battle by the gate of a castle sold at Finarte, Milan, in 1964 (see G. Sestieri, I pittori di battaglie, Rome, 1999, p. 387, no. 8).

MASTURZIO, MARZIO (active Naples and Rome, 2nd half of 17th ct.). Cavalry battles between Turks and Christians. A pair. Oil/canvas. Provenance: From an important Northern Italian private collection. Expertise: Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri 2008. Cf. also Sestieri, Giancarlo, I pittori di Battaglie. Maestri italiani e stranieri del XVII e XVIII secolo, Roma 1999, plates pp. 103-109, 382-393. 47 x 96 cm Zwei Reitergefechte aus den Türkenkriegen im Pulverdampf. Gegenstücke. Öl/Leinwand. Provenienz: Aus einer bedeutenden norditalienischen Privatsammlung. Gutachten: Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri, 2008. Vgl. auch Sestieri, Giancarlo, I pittori di Battaglie. Maestri italiani e stranieri del XVII e XVIII secolo, Roma 1999, Abbildungen S. 103-109, 382-393.

Marzio Masturzio (active Naples, circa 1670) A cavalry skirmish oil on panel 48.2 x 71.4cm (19 x 28 1/8in). Please note that the cataloguing for the present lot should read: Jacques Courtois, called il Borgognone (Saint-Hyppolite 1621-1676 Rome) A cavalry skirmish oil on panel 48.2 x 71.4cm (19 x 28 1/8in). A drawing by Courtois, closely related to the present work, was offered in Christie's South Kensington, 8 December 2011, lot 269.

Marzio Masturzio (Naples, active c. 1670) A cavalry skirmish, with a city engulfed in flames beyond oil on canvas 28 3/8 x 52¾ in. (71.9 x 134 cm.) We are grateful to Professor Giancarlo Sestieri for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. This painting can be compared with a Battle by the gate of a castle sold at Finarte, Milan, in 1964 (see G. Sestieri, I pittori di battaglie, Rome, 1999, p. 387, no. 8).

Marzo Masturzo (active c. 1670) A cavalry skirmish on a bridge; and A cavalry battle outside a city wall oil on canvas 26.5 x 44.3 cm. a pair (2) Provenance Private collection, Padua. with V. Zanutto, Venice, where purchased by the present owner. Literature G. Sestieri, Pittori di battaglie, maestri italiani e stranieri del XVII e XVIII secolo, Rome, 1999, p. 108, figs. 6-7, p. 393, nos. 22-3.