A seated man holding a book (i); A running man (ii); A monk kneeling in prayer (iii); and A reclining river god (iv)

Details

Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Venice 1675-1741)
A seated man holding a book (i); A running man (ii); A monk kneeling in prayer (iii); and A reclining river god (iv)
red and black (i) chalk, red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
(i): 5 ½ x 4 ½ in. (13.9 x 11.4 cm)
(ii): 5 ¾ x 3 3/8 in. (14.6 x 8.6 cm)
(iii): 5 ¼ x 3 3/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 cm)
(iv): 3 x 4 7/8 in. (7.8 x 12.3 cm)
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Provenance

Anonymous sale; Gutekunst und Klipstein, Bern, 28 May 1953, lot 70 (as Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione), where acquired by Robert Landolt.

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Lot Essay

In the swift, flowing penmanship and broad washes, these sheets have been compared to the numerous drawings by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (for examples, see A. Bettagno, Disegni e dipinti di Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1675-1741, exhib. cat., Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 1959; and G. Knox, ‘I disegni di Antonio Pellegrini’, in Antonio Pellegrini. Il maestro del Rococò alle corti d’Europa, exhib. cat., Padua, Palazzo della Raggione, 1998-1999, pp. 88-109).

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