Lot 8
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Provenance
Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092)
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Paul Veronese' in William Kent's (?) hand
Literature
R. Cocke, Veronese Independent Chiaroscuro Drawings, Master Drawings, XV, 1977, pp. 260 and 265, no. 2, illustrated
R. Cocke, Veronese's Drawings, London, 1984, no. 39, illustrated
A. E. Popham and C. E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 264
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, 1879, no. 72
London, Arts Council, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of the Earl of Leicester, 1948, no. 29, illustrated
Norwich, Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Old Master Drawings lent by the Earl of Leicester, 1949, no. 33, illustrated
London, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., Old Master Drawings from Holkham, 1977, no. 7, illustrated
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Paolo Veronese, 1988, no. 33, illustrated

Lot Essay

Popham first advanced the attribution to Veronese. Professor Cocke compares this drawing to chiaroscuro studies at Vienna, Frankfurt and Paris (R. Cocke, op. cit., 1984, nos. 17, 22 and 23). These drawings probably date from the late 1550s or early 1560s as some of the allegorical figures are similar to pictures of that period. Cocke suggests that the subject of the present drawing may be Venice, as the attributes of the orb, sceptre and castle appear in Venice triumphant in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in Palazzo Ducale, Venice of the early 1580s. A lost painting of Cybele probably derived from the present drawing was in the Coesvelt collection, London, along with the pendant Diana, (Collection of Pictures of W.G. Coesvelt, Esqre of London), London, 1836, nos. 75-6. An allegorical figure in the salone of the Villa Guinti, Magnadola may also have been based on this drawing

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