LUDOVICO CARDI, IL CIGOLI (1559-1613)

THE DISPUTE OF SAINT CATHERINE WITH EMPEROR MAXENTIUS

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LUDOVICO CARDI, IL CIGOLI (1559-1613)
THE DISPUTE OF SAINT CATHERINE WITH EMPEROR MAXENTIUS
WITH INSCRIPTION 'CIGOLI'
BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, BLUE WASH, HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE
388 X 243 MM.

Provenance

DESTOUCHES, HIS MOUNT AND ATTRIBUTION 'LUD. CIGOLI' IN A CARTOUCHE.
BARON DOMINIQUE VIVANT-DENON (L. 779), 1-19 MAY 1826, LOT 524.
W. MAYOR (L. 2799).

Literature

A BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES BY THE OLD MASTERS..FORMED BY THE LATE MR. WILLIAM MAYOR, LONDON, 1875, NO, 153.
C. THIEM, FLORENTINER ZEICHNER DES FRHBAROCK, MUNICH, 1977, NO. 41, ILLUSTRATED.
M.L. CHAPPELL, DISEGNI DI LUDOVICO CIGOLI, EXHIB. CAT., GABINETTO DISEGNI E STAMPE DEGLI UFFIZI, FLORENCE, 1992, UNDER NO. 61.

Exhibited

MAINZ, NO. 9, FIG. 12.
HAMBURG-STUTTGART-BREMEN, NO. 23, FIG. 16.

Lot Essay

A MODELLO FOR THE MAIN ALTARPIECE OF THE DISPUTE OF SAINT CATHERINE WITH EMPEROR MAXENTIUS IN THE CHURCH OF SAN GAGGIO, FLORENCE, ONE OF CIGOLI'S MOST CELEBRATED PAINTINGS, DATED BY FRANCO FARANDA CIRCA 1603, F. FARANDA, LUDOVICO CARDI, DETTO IL CIGOLI, ROME, 1986, NO. 59. THE PICTURE WAS COMMISSIONED BY SENATOR BARTOLOMEO DI BERNARDO CORSINI, PATRON OF THE CHURCH. SEVERAL DRAWINGS FROM VARIOUS STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPOSITION ARE EXTANT, M. CHAPPELL, OP. CIT., 1992, UNDER NO. 61.

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