Faith pointing out a monstrance to the Five Senses

Details

Italian School, circa 1700
Faith pointing out a monstrance to the Five Senses
(i) with attribution 'Guido Cagnacci' (twice, verso) and price '£1-1-0' (verso)
(ii) with inscription 'N° 29[crossed out]/ N° 28/ MC' (verso of the mount)
(iii) with inscription 'N° 2/ 27' (verso)
pen and brown ink, red wash
16 3/8 x 11 in. (41.5 x 27.9 cm); and two further drawings:
(ii) Italian School, 17th Century, An angel seated on a cloud, black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, 6 1/8 x 5¾ in. (15.7 x 14.6 cm)
(iii) Italian School, 16th Century, The Descent from the Cross (recto); Studies of seated and kneeling figures (verso), black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on blue paper (recto), black chalk (verso), 8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.5 x 16.8 cm)
(3)

Provenance

(i) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials 'MHB', inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum, e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' and attribution 'Guido Cagnacci ad 1600/1680'.
(ii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt H Bloxam and attribution 'Corr˚.' (on the mount).
(iii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum/ e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' (verso)

Literature

(i) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 4, as Guido Cagnacci.
(ii) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 11, as Correggio.
A. Schmarsow, 'Aus dem Kunstmuseum der Schule zu Rugby', Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen, IX, 1888, no. 1, p. 136.
(iii) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 65.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

As Philip Pouncey observed (note on the mount), the composition shown in the third drawing in this lot derives from the fresco by Francesco Salviati, datable 1549-1550, S. Maria dell' Anima, Cappella della Pietà, Rome (L. Mortari, Francesco Salviati, Rome, 1992, no. 27, ill.).

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