Lot Essay
According to Winslow Ames 'James Byam Shaw suggested a provincial North Italian [artist] such as Defendente Ferrari or Spanzotti'.
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A standing bearded man holding the hands of a betrothed couple: A study for a Marriage of the Virgin
Details
North Italian School (?)
A standing bearded man holding the hands of a betrothed couple: A study for a Marriage of the Virgin
brush and grey ink, grey wash, the sheet extended at the bottom
15.3/8 x 7 in. (396 x 177 mm.)
A standing bearded man holding the hands of a betrothed couple: A study for a Marriage of the Virgin
brush and grey ink, grey wash, the sheet extended at the bottom
15.3/8 x 7 in. (396 x 177 mm.)
Provenance
Captain Norman Colville.
With P.& D. Colnaghi, 1952.
W. Ames (L. 2602a), with extensive inscriptions on the mount.
With P.& D. Colnaghi, 1952.
W. Ames (L. 2602a), with extensive inscriptions on the mount.
Sale room notice
This lot was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. and elsewhere in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century European Drawings, August 1967-August 1968, no. 7, illus. (as Northern Italian or Tyrolean, circa 1500).