Giovanni Angelo Canini (1617-1666)

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Giovanni Angelo Canini (1617-1666)

Saint Benedict in the Wilderness receiving Bread from the Crow

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
340 x 250mm.

Provenance

P. Sandby (L. 2112)
F. Abbot (L. 970)
Eric Hancock; Sotheby's, 20 April 1967, lot 21, as Italian School, 17th Century (13gns. to Clifford)

Literature

N. Turner, Drawings by Giovanni Angelo Canini, Master Drawings, 1978, XVI, p. 392, pl. 9

Engraved

In the same direction by Cornelis Bloemaert (Hollstein II, no. 40, Turner, fig. 9)

Lot Essay

The drawing, formerly attributed to Lionello Spada, was identified as a preparatory study for Bloemaert's engraving by Nicholas Turner. Another study, presumably predating the present sheet, with the Saint studied in the nude is in the British Museum

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