Valentin Lefèvre (1642?-1680/2)

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Valentin Lefèvre (1642?-1680/2)

The Annunciation, after Veronese

with inscriptions 'Paolo Caliari'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, the outlines incised, squared in black chalk
353 x 428mm.

Provenance

Conte di Bardi (L. 336)
Sir Charles Bagot (L. 493)
Anon. sale, Christie's, 9 July 1982, lot 28, as School of Veronese (#432)

Literature

U. Ruggeri, Drawings by Valentin Lefèvre, Master Drawings, 1988, XXVI, no. 18, pl. 10

Lot Essay

Lefèvre worked on a book of prints after Titian and Veronese published in 1682, and the present drawing might be related to this project. The painting by Veronese after which this drawing is copied is in the Norbury Williams Collection, Sheffield

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