Crescenzio Onofrio* (1632-c.1712)

Monks approaching a fortified Village

Details
Crescenzio Onofrio* (1632-c.1712)
Monks approaching a fortified Village
numbered '20', with inscription 'crescenzio' on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink
8 5/8 x 13 in. (220 x 330 mm.)

Lot Essay

The handling of the pen is comparable to that of a drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, M. Chiarini, I disegni italiani di paesaggio dal 1600 al 1750, Treviso, 1972, no. 105 illustrated. Similar buildings are found in the background of Onofrio's etching Mars' Revenge on Adonis, Illustrated Bartsch, XX, 191.