The Martyrdom of Saint John and Paul

Details

After Antonio da Trento (Trento 1508-1550)
The Martyrdom of Saint John and Paul
with inscription ‘Cesari’
pen and black ink, brown wash, heightened with white on yellow prepared paper
11½ x 18¾ in. (29.3 x 47.5 cm.)

Provenance

A. Schoy (L. 64).
Bernhard Himmelheber, and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

After a chiaroscuro print, of almost the exact same size, by Antonio da Trento after a drawing by Parmigianino now in the British Museum, London (see Illustrated Bartsch, XLVIII, 28-II, (79); Inv. 1904, 1201.2; A. E. Popham, Catalogue of Drawings by Parmigianino, 1971, p. 92, no. 190, pl. 135).

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