Carlo Maratta (1625-1713)

Four studies for the infant Virgin

Details

Carlo Maratta (1625-1713)
Four studies for the infant Virgin
red and white chalk on blue paper, watermark encircled anchor below LM
410 x 225 mm.

Provenance

C. Argentieri (L. 486b).

Literature

M. B. Mena Marqués, Dibujos italianos de los siglos XVII y XVIII en la Biblioteca Nacional, exhib. cat., Madrid, 1984, under no. 81, illustrated.

Lot Essay

A study for the Birth of the Virgin in Schloss Buckeburg, dated 1685, a composition for which three other drawings are in the Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, M.B. Mena Marqués, Los dibujos de Carlos Maratta y de su taller en la Academia de San Fernando, 1976, nos. 166-168.

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