Lot Essay
Comparable in handling and figure types to drawings by Bianchi reproduced in M. de Angelis, Isidoro Bianchi, Bergamo, 1993, nos. 1-4, figs. 168-174.
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Job tormented by his wife
Details
Isidoro Bianchi (1581-1662)
Job tormented by his wife
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on grey-blue paper, the margins extended, oval
9¼ x 75/8 in. (236 x 194 mm.)
Job tormented by his wife
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on grey-blue paper, the margins extended, oval
9¼ x 75/8 in. (236 x 194 mm.)
Provenance
Collection Pelletan.
An 18th Century French collector with mount and inscriptions 'Francesco Brizio' and 'Ecole Lombarde Francesco Brizio tres rare job tourmenté par Sa femme du cabinet pelletan francesco Brizio tres rare n°56'.
M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules.
Charles-Joseph-Barthélemi Giraud.
Fleury-Hérard (L. 1015) with associated number '96'; Paris, 13-15 May 1861, lot 60 (3.25 FF).
An 18th Century French collector with mount and inscriptions 'Francesco Brizio' and 'Ecole Lombarde Francesco Brizio tres rare job tourmenté par Sa femme du cabinet pelletan francesco Brizio tres rare n°56'.
M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules.
Charles-Joseph-Barthélemi Giraud.
Fleury-Hérard (L. 1015) with associated number '96'; Paris, 13-15 May 1861, lot 60 (3.25 FF).