FELICE TORELLI (1667-1748)

THE ANNUNCIATION (RECTO); THE CIRCUMCISION (VERSO)

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FELICE TORELLI (1667-1748)
THE ANNUNCIATION (RECTO); THE CIRCUMCISION (VERSO)
WITH INSCRIPTION 'FELICE TORELLI' (RECTO) AND 'ORIGINALE' (VERSO)
RED (RECTO) AND BLACK (VERSO) CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN WASH (RECTO)
275 X 203 MM.; AND A DRAWING ATTRIBUTED TO FONTEBASSO (2)

Provenance

THE VENETIAN RELIABLE HAND (L. 3005C-D), HIS INSCRIPTION 'FELICE TORELLI VENEZIANO'.
W.Y. OTTLEY, PART OF HIS MOUNT.
W. ESDAILE (L. 2617).

Literature

W. VITZTHUM, MASTER DRAWINGS, P. 421.

Exhibited

MAINZ, NO. 15, FIGS. 16-7.

Lot Essay

A RELATED DRAWING, CLOSE IN HANDLING TO THE VERSO OF THE PRESENT SHEET IS AT THE PINACOTECA NAZIONALE, BOLOGNA, M. FAIETTI AND A. ZACCHI, FIGURE, DISEGNI DAL CINQUECENTO ALL'OTTOCENTO NELLA PINACOTECA NAZIONALE DI BOLOGNA, EXHIB. CAT., BOLOGNA, 1998, NO. 82. TORELLI WAS A NATIVE OF VERONA, BUT MOVED AT AN EARLY AGE TO BOLOGNA, WHERE HE STAYED THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE PAINTED NUMEROUS ALTARPIECES IN BOLOGNESE CHURCHES.

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