Francesco Brizio (c. 1574-1623)

Saint Jerome experiencing a Vision of the Madonna and Child

Details

Francesco Brizio (c. 1574-1623)
Saint Jerome experiencing a Vision of the Madonna and Child
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on light brown paper, watermark kneeling angel in prayer
344 x 235 mm.

Provenance

R. Cosway (L. 628), his mount (?).
Lucy Sidmouth.
Eliza Hobhouse, 1842, according to an inscription on the mount 'Lucy Sidmouth Presented to Eliza Hobhouse 1842'.

Lot Essay

Comparable in size, handling and technique to two drawings of Saint Romuald with the Madonna and Child in Stockholm and Saint James the Major and a Ermit with the Madonna and Child in Vienna, E. Hermann-Atorino, Francesco Brizio, Worms, 1989, nos. Z15 and Z28, figs. 62 and 64. The first is related to a painting dated 1610-4.

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