PROVENANCE

- Thomas Sully (1783-1872), Philadelphia.

- Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, NJ.

- Anonymous sale; Freeman's, Philadelphia, 30/04/2012, lot 191, as Attributed to Vincenzo Camuccini.

with Peter Tillou, Litchfield, CT, as Vincenzo Camuccini, where acquired circa 2015.

- Christie’s NY, "The Kagan Collection”. 2021, lot 4 & Auction 20997, lot 82.

EXHIBITED

- Cambridge, MA, Fogg Museum, on loan, 7-30 June 1933.

This double portrait depicts the painter Vincenzo Camuccini with his young wife, Maddalena Devoti. The painting dates from soon after August 1816, when the couple married, and may have been made to commemorate the occasion (the view represents Frascati, where the couple honeymooned).

Matilde trained with Camuccini’s lifelong friend, Pietro Benvenuti.

There is a fine portrait of Malenchini when she was 35 years old painted in 1815-16 by Camuccini, and it may be that she painted the present portrait shortly thereafter as a gift to him in return.