Pierfrancesco Cittadini

A Portrait of a Maltese Sitting on a Cushion

Origin	Italy
Period	Pre 18th Century
Materials	Oil on canvas
Condition	Excellent. In a period Régence carved and gilded frame
Creation Date	Mid-seventeenth century
Description	Size: Without frame: 15" high x 19 1/8" wide (38 x 48.5 cm.) With frame: 23” high x 26 ½” wide (58.5 x 67.4 cm.) Pierfrancesco Cittadini was a painter and engraver, born in Milan in 1616 and died in 1681, in Bologna. He was a student of Raffaello Guido; Cittadini was shown to be most worthy of his teacher in his execution of the paintings for the altars of Bologna’s churches. Cittadini then abandoned these large compositions, as did many of his fellow painters of the time, to concentrate on smaller, more personal subjects including flowers, fruit, animals, birds, and small landscapes. His works are in the museums of Bologna, Dresden, Dublin, Florence, Leningrad, Nottingham, and Parma.
Styles / Movements	Old Master
Dealer Reference Number	PNG 17-12
Incollect Reference Number	180050