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Ercole Setti (1530-1617)

King Solomon leading a Procession carrying the Ark and the Tabernacle and other Treasures to the Temple of Jerusalem

inscribed 'done Porta l'arca nel Tempio Re Salomone Arca del Patto Tabernacolo'; black chalk, pen and brown ink
196 x 300mm.
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, 23 June 1970, lot 34, as Circle of Neroni (75 gns. to Houthakker).

Lot Essay

Comparable with a drawing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Bean, 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, no. 239, illustrated. Giulio Bora suggests that the present drawing, with its sharp penwork, could be late in Setti's career.

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