Lot Essay
Traditionally attributed to Peruzzi, the present drawing was recognis ed as by Pupini in 1962. Similar drawings were published by E. Negro in Disegni Emiliani del Rinascimento, Bologna, 1989, pp. 81-7.
THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR
Biagio Pupini dalle Lame (active 1511-1575)
Details
Biagio Pupini dalle Lame (active 1511-1575)
The Adoration of the Magi
with erased inscription lower right 'di Francesco...'; pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, on light brown paper
8½ x 16¼in. (216 x 414mm.)
The Adoration of the Magi
with erased inscription lower right 'di Francesco...'; pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, on light brown paper
8½ x 16¼in. (216 x 414mm.)
Provenance
William, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (L. 718) and by descent.
Chatsworth, no. 44.
Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement; Christie's, London, 3 July 1984, lot 38, illustrated (£17,280).
Chatsworth, no. 44.
Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement; Christie's, London, 3 July 1984, lot 38, illustrated (£17,280).
Literature
M. Jaffé, The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings, Bolognese and Emilian Schools, London, 1994, no. 614, illustrated.
Exhibited
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Master Drawings from Chatsworth, 1966, no. 33 (as Baldassare Peruzzi).