GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALVI, IL SASSOFERRATO* (1609-1685)

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALVI, IL SASSOFERRATO* (1609-1685)

HANDS JOINED IN PRAYER

BLACK AND WHITE CHALK, ON BLUE PAPER
5¼ X 7 5/8IN. (135 X 194MM.)

Lot Essay

A STUDY FOR THE HANDS OF THE MADONNA IN THE THE MMACULATE CONCEPTION OF WHICH THERE ARE VERSIONS IN THE MUSéE MASSEY, TARBES AND THE BRERA, MILAN, SEE SEICENTO- LE SIèCLE DE CARAVAGE DANS LES COLLECTIOS FRANCAISES, PARIS, 1988, PP. 350-1, BOTH ILLUSTRATED. A DRAWING FOR THE FIGURE OF THE MADONNA IS AT WINDSOR, A.F. BLUNT AND H.L.COOKE, THE ROMAN DRAWINGS OF THE XVII AND XVIII CENTURIES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AT WINDSOR CASTLE, LONDON, 1960, NO.881