112004: FOLLOWER OF PELIDORO CARAVAGGIO, OIL ON CANVAS

FOLLOWER OF PELIDORO CARAVAGGIO, OIL ON CANVAS, 19" X 25", PORTRAIT OF A MAN PLAYING A FLUTE:16/17th c.; unsigned; antique or antiqued frame. Mohr Art Galleries, Toledo, OH sticker on verso. Jean Thesmar, Paris authentication certificate in French on verso listing the painting as 'the Studio of Polidore de Caravage (1492-1543) and of good quality and state of conservation' and that it is possibly a fragment of a larger composition. Additional label on verso: Matt Blancharski, Tucson, AZ cleaned and varnished, frame restored, 9-15-'72.