Lot Essay
Nicholas Turner suggests that the drinker in this scene may be Pietro Paolo Ubaldini, like Mola a member of Pietro da Cortona's studio.
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The poet Baldini drinking in Melosi's bar
Details
Pier Francesco Mola (Coldrerio 1612-1666 Rome)
The poet Baldini drinking in Melosi's bar
with inscription 'Questo disegnolo fece il Mola à Città della Pieve, nella Cantina del Melosi ove ere anco il Poeta Baldini, se lo fece scherzando' on an attached slip
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, minor losses
7¾ x 10½ in. (197 x 266 mm.)
The poet Baldini drinking in Melosi's bar
with inscription 'Questo disegnolo fece il Mola à Città della Pieve, nella Cantina del Melosi ove ere anco il Poeta Baldini, se lo fece scherzando' on an attached slip
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, minor losses
7¾ x 10½ in. (197 x 266 mm.)
Provenance
An unidentified armorial collector's mark.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, 30 July 1937, lot 1 (22s.).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, 30 July 1937, lot 1 (22s.).
Exhibited
Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Pier Francesco Mola, 1989, no. III.90.
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