Lot 32
32
Domenico Mona* (c. 1550-1602)

The Birth of the Virgin

Details
Domenico Mona* (c. 1550-1602)
The Birth of the Virgin
with inscription 'Tintoretto.' on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on two joined sheets of paper
15¾ x 13½ in. (401 x 347 mm.)
Provenance
Pseudo-Crozat (L. 474), with associated shelfmark '3.D.L. 23' on the mount.

Lot Essay

Identified by Philip Pouncey as a study for the picture in the ceiling of the church of Santa Maria in Vado, Ferrara. Mona was a pupil of Giuseppe Mazzuoli, also from Ferrara, who also taught Tintoretto which would explain the initial confusion over the attribution.