Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (1611-1689)

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Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (1611-1689)

Seven Studies for the Coronation of the Virgin, and a study of Judith with Holofernes' head

two further studies of God the Father for the Coronation attached to the upper right border; inscribed 'iudit' and ' Deto princ^o. dispo.. ...z: .arcrad de 12 P, del qui sorto' and with inscription '64.4'; red chalk, pen and brown ink
271 x 395mm.

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 3 July 1980, lot 24, illustrated (£1,100).

Exhibited

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario and elsewhere, Italian Drawings from the Collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti, 1985-86, no. 42, illustrated.

Lot Essay

The present drawing has been alternatively related to The Coronation of the Virgin in the Niccolini Chapel in Santa Croce, Florence, datable to 1653-4, and the central part of the cupola of Santa Annunziata, executed thirty years later.

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