Its received and hitherto repeated attribution has been to 'n. Cochin' after sustermans. Why is unclear, since it is inscribed on the back of the original canvas with a different albeit only semi-legible name: 'sustermans of galileo /copied by n. Ceco [mi (?)] / 1879'. Whatever the reason, this has led to previous confusion that it was either by or after one of the french 17th-century cochin brothers (nicolas or noel). It is a good copy of the sustermans original and now (2011) beyond reasonable doubt that it is by niccolo cecconi (1835-1902) a florentine painter of historical and genre pictures, and portraits, who also worked as a copyist and pastel artist. [1]. Object Type: painting. Date: 1879. Dimensions: 610 × 510 mm (24.02 × 20.08 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Maritime Museum. Galileo, by Niccolo Cecconi, after Justus Sustermans
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