Domenico Maria Canuti (1626-1684)

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Domenico Maria Canuti (1626-1684)

The Fall of Troy

with inscription '1589 L Carracci' (verso, laid down); red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
255 x 398mm.

Provenance

A. Donadieu (L. 729).
John C. Schaller; Christie's, 12 December 1978, lot 4, illustrated (£1,000).

Exhibited

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, 1982, no. 68, illustrated.

Lot Essay

The Ferretti drawing is dated by Mimi Cazort and Catherine Johnston to Canuti's first Roman period from circa 1646 to 1651. Other drawings similar in style inspired by the Aeneid are in the Albertina, A. Stix and A. Spitzmüller, Beschreibender Katalog der Handzeichnungen in der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina VI: Die Schulen von Ferrara, Bologna, Parma, Vienna, 1941, no. 201, pl. 47, inv. 25367 and inv. 25368.

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