Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (1554-1640)
Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (1554-1640)

The Archangel Gabriel kneeling to the right: study for an Annunciation

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Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (1554-1640)
Chimenti, J.
Empoli
The Archangel Gabriel kneeling to the right: study for an Annunciation
with inscriptions '10' (recto) and 'architeture antiche e moderne dive' on the mount (verso)
black and white chalk on brown prepared paper, drawn over a light black and red chalk sketch of a head and drapery covered by the brown preparation
16 x 10 in. (418 x 272 mm.)
Provenance
Kurt Meissner (his mark, not in Lugt).
The British Rail Pension Fund.
with Succi Ltd.
Exhibited
Bremen, Kunsthalle, and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Handzeichnungen Alter Meister aus Schweizer Privatbesitz, 1967, no. 88, illustrated.
Stanford, University of Stanford, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, and New York, Finch College Museum of Art, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Kurt Meissner, 1969, no. 30, illustrated.