Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)

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Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)

Christ on the Cross with Saint Jerome and two Patrons

black and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on grey-green paper
520 x 340mm.

Provenance

Sir John Witt (L. 646a); Sotheby's, 19 February 1987, lot 231, illustrated, as School of the Marches, 16th Century (¨1,045)

Literature

A. Mazza, La collezione dei Dipinti Antichi della Casa di Risparmio di Cesena, Ferrara, 1991, p. 65, illustrated (as Calvaert)

Exhibited

London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, The John Witt Collection, 1963, no. 15 (as Sebastiano del Piombo)
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, Drawing in Bologna 1500-1600, 1992, no. 29, illustrated

Lot Essay

A preparatory drawing with some differences for the altarpiece now in the Palazzo Pepoli, Bologna, M.T. Cantaro, Lavinia Fontana bolognese, Milan, 1989, p. 140, illustrated. Maria Teresa Cantaro believes the picture to be the one mentioned by Malvasia in the Baldi Chapel in San Bernardino, Bologna. Mazza published the painting and this drawing as Calvaert

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