Attributed to Francesco Vanni (Barontoli 1563-1610 Siena)

Cardinal Paolo Sfondrato kneeling before Saint Cecilia, accompanied by other Saints

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Attributed to Francesco Vanni (Barontoli 1563-1610 Siena)
Cardinal Paolo Sfondrato kneeling before Saint Cecilia, accompanied by other Saints
with inscriptions '639', '168' and 'ventura salimbeni' (recto) and on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
5¾ x 8¼ in. (145 x 210 mm.); and a drawing formerly attributed to Domenichino (2)

Provenance

J. Thane (L. 2393, erased).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445).

Lot Essay

Related to painting in the Gesù, Rome, datable to 1603, see S. Pepper, 'Baglione, Vanni and Cardinal Sfrondrato', Paragone, September 1967, pl. 59. Another version of the present drawing was with Colnaghi, 1990, no. 18.

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