Alessandro Turchi, l'Orbetto (1578-1649)

Christ supported by two angels

Details

Alessandro Turchi, l'Orbetto (1578-1649)
Turchi, A.
Orbetto
Christ supported by two angels
with inscription 'l'Orbetto' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys under trefoil
13.5/8 x 8 in. (345 x 222 mm.)

Provenance

P. Crozat, his mount; Paris, 10 Avril - 13 May 1741, probably part of lot 641 (32 livres to Nourri).
Probably Conseiller Nourri.
A.-J. Dezallier d'Argenville (L. 669), his number '793' and inscription 'Alexandre Orbete [altered to] l'Orbeto' (recto); Paris, 18 - 28 January 1779, part of lot 492.
Barni; Paris, 5 December 1836, lot 591, according to an inscription on the previous mount.
Anon. sale, Paris, 19 May 1989, lot 31.

Literature

J. Labb and L. Bicart-Se, La collection de dessins d'Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, 1996, no. 793.

Sale room notice

A copy of this drawing is in the Albertina (Inv. 14235).

Lot Essay

A picture of the same subject by Turchi is recorded at the Castello Sforzesco, Milan. The technique is comparable to that of drawings by Turchi illustrated in E. Schleier, 'Drawings by Alessandro Turchi', Master Drawings, 1971, IX, pp. 139-153, pls. 17-33b. Dezallier d'Argenville owned at least three other drawings by Turchi, one of which is reproduced in J. Labb and L. Bicart-Se, op. cit., no. 796.