ORLANDO FLACCO (VERONA 1527-1593)

The Crucifixion of Christ

Details

ORLANDO FLACCO (VERONA 1527-1593)
The Crucifixion of Christ
oil on paper, laid down on canvas
39.8 x 27.3 cm (15 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Terence Mullaly (1927-2020), London; and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Venice, Fondazione Cini, Disegni veronesi del Cinquecento, 1971, no. 76, ill. (catalogue by T. Mullaly).

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Lot Essay

While several altarpieces and portraits by the Veronese painter survive, this is the only work of paper that can be securely attributed to him. The composition is most likely a first study for an altarpiece of the Crucifixion in the Church of Santi Nazaro and Celso in Verona.

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