Lot 11
11
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Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Barochi' in William Kent's (?) hand
Literature
The Stranger's Guide to Holkham, Burnham, 1817, no. 154
A.E. Popham and C.E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 262 (where incorrectly described as being listed in M. Brettingham, The Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, London, 1773)
Exhibited
London, Arts Council, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of the Earl of Leicester, 1948, no. 1
Norwich, Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Old Master Drawings lent by the Earl of Leicester, 1949, no. 1
London, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., Old Master Drawings from Holkham, 1977, no. 20, illustrated

Lot Essay

Popham first attributed this drawing to Vanni, the Sienese master who was influenced by Barocci. The traditional attribution is understandable as the types in the drawing with their broad faces and elegant hands recall Barocci, and the domestic intimacy of the scene is reminiscent of pictures such as the Madonna del Gatto in The National Gallery, London. The smooth, modulated handling of chalk in this drawing is similar to a sheet of studies of three monks in the Uffizi which is datable circa 1601-2, P.A. Riedl, Disegni dei Barocceschi Senesi, Florence, 1976, no. 34, fig. 35

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