Lot Essay
The attribution has been advanced by Professor Christel Theim on the basis of a photograph.
Property from the Estate of Vincent Price
(Lots 135-141)
Nicolo Circignani, Il Pomarancio* (1519-1591)
Details
Nicolo Circignani, Il Pomarancio* (1519-1591)
Study for a Tomb? Altar? with the Madonna and Child ascendant in a Niche flanked by Saint George, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Barbara, Papal Arms above
with inscription 'Cavalier. Giuseppe d'Arpino'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash
9 x 11½in. (228 x 292mm.)
Study for a Tomb? Altar? with the Madonna and Child ascendant in a Niche flanked by Saint George, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Barbara, Papal Arms above
with inscription 'Cavalier. Giuseppe d'Arpino'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash
9 x 11½in. (228 x 292mm.)
Provenance
With F. Denks Gallery.
Exhibited
Bloomington, Indiana University Art Museum, Master Drawings from the Vincent Price Collection, 21 January-3 May 1987, no. 3, illustrated.