Lot 43
43
Giacomo Cavedone* (1577-1660)

A Man leaning to the right: for a Baptism

Details
Giacomo Cavedone* (1577-1660)
A Man leaning to the right: for a Baptism
other studies on the verso, laid down, and with inscription 'Jacomo Cavedone'
black and white chalk on gray-blue paper
14 7/8 x 7½ in. (377 x 190 mm.)
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mark encircled crowned initials (not in Lugt).

Lot Essay

The present drawing could be related to two pictures of the Baptism of Christ: one with half-length figures in the church of San Pietro in Modena with the same position of the hands as in the present drawing and another in the church of San Paolo in Bologna (fig. 1) showing the figures full-length, but the hands in the reverse of the present drawing.