Lot Essay
Mary Newcome kindly confirmed this attribution, and suggested that this is a study for the cupola of the church of Santa Maria in Passione, Genoa.
The Madonna on clouds surrounded by angels
Details
Lazzaro Tavarone (1556-1641)
The Madonna on clouds surrounded by angels
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash heightened with white on blue paper, the corners cut
202 x 220 mm.; and a sheet of studies of hands by Ottaviano Dandini and three drawings
by other hands (5)
The Madonna on clouds surrounded by angels
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash heightened with white on blue paper, the corners cut
202 x 220 mm.; and a sheet of studies of hands by Ottaviano Dandini and three drawings
by other hands (5)
Provenance
An anonymous Venetian collector, with framing lines and attribution 'V: Salimbeni'.