Lot Essay
This is comparable to drawings sold in these Rooms, 5 July 1994, lot 44 and 4 July 1995, lot 113.
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Saint Francis Xavier on Clouds holding a Lily and a Book with Putti ,a townscape below
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Francesco Solimena (1657-1747)
Saint Francis Xavier on Clouds holding a Lily and a Book with Putti
,a townscape below
with inscriptions 'Ciroferri' (recto) and 'Solimena' (verso) on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on light brown paper, watermark encircled sun
226 x 173 mm.
Saint Francis Xavier on Clouds holding a Lily and a Book with Putti
,a townscape below
with inscriptions 'Ciroferri' (recto) and 'Solimena' (verso) on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on light brown paper, watermark encircled sun
226 x 173 mm.