Studio of Paolo Caliari, il Veronese (1528-1588)

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Studio of Paolo Caliari, il Veronese (1528-1588)

The Adoration of the Magi

with inscriptions 'Paolo veronese' (recto and verso); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, outlines incised, watermark orb (cf. Briquet 3077, Cremona 1555)
304 x 209mm.

Provenance

Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092)

Lot Essay

The kneeling Magi, his attendant negro pageboy and the horseman speaking to a standing man are based on Veronese's altarpiece of 1573 in Santa Corona, Vincenza, T. Pignatti, Veronese, Venice, 1976, I, no. 222, II, figs. 545-6

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