Francesco Mola
( 1612, Coldrerio, Canton Ticino – 1666, Roma )
Mother with Two Children (Charity?)
C. 1650 - 60
Oil on canvas
75 x 113 cm
Provenance: Lachâtre de Billy collection; Paris, Paillet sale, 16 November 1784, no. 24; Geneva (Switzerland), Jacques Eynard Châtelain collection, 1799; private collection; Paris, antique market, 2023 (18th century English school, follower of Domenico Fetti)
Bibliography: previously unpublished
Inscriptions: stamp of the Lachâtre de Billy collection on the back of the canvas