Lot Essay
Sir John Pope-Hennessy noted that the present sheet shows an affinity with the two frescoes of Sienese Saints, commissioned in October 1608, in the Duomo at Siena.
Details
Ventura Salimbeni (1568-1613)
A Monastic Saint
red chalk, watermark twice encircled paschal lamb
13¾ x 7 5/8in. (350 x 194mm.)
A Monastic Saint
red chalk, watermark twice encircled paschal lamb
13¾ x 7 5/8in. (350 x 194mm.)
Provenance
John Whitcombe Bayley.
with de Beer.
with de Beer.