Lot Essay
Two drawings by Monti, bearing the same inscription as the present one are in the Musée Atger, Montpellier (see exhib. cat., Venice, op. cit., no. 62).
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A cavalry encounter
Details
Francesco Monti, Il Brescianino (Brescia 1646-1712 Parma)
A cavalry encounter
with attribution 'di Fran.co Monti' (verso)
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
14¾ x 10¼ in. (37.5 x 26 cm); and one other drawing:
(ii) Neapolitan (?) School, 17th Century, Head of Perseus, red chalk, 6¾ x 5 1/8 in. (17 x 13 cm)
(2)
A cavalry encounter
with attribution 'di Fran.co Monti' (verso)
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
14¾ x 10¼ in. (37.5 x 26 cm); and one other drawing:
(ii) Neapolitan (?) School, 17th Century, Head of Perseus, red chalk, 6¾ x 5 1/8 in. (17 x 13 cm)
(2)
Provenance
(i) John Mcgouan, Edinburgh (d. 1803) (L. 1496).
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 29, 'a battle, BRESCIANO'; and six others (16s. to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.
(ii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 29, 'a battle, BRESCIANO'; and six others (16s. to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.
(ii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.
Literature
(i) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 27.
(ii) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 61, as Italian School, 16th Century.
(ii) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 61, as Italian School, 16th Century.
Exhibited
(i) Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, 1980, no. 62 (catalogue by J. Stock).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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