Genoese School, circa 1620

Saint John the Baptist preaching

Details

Genoese School, circa 1620
Saint John the Baptist preaching
pen and brown ink, pink wash, oval, on an 18th Century mount
9½ x 7¾ in. (242 x 197 mm.)

Provenance

A.-J. Dezallier d'Argenville (L. 2951), his number '2490'.
E. Calando (L. 837).

Literature

J. Labbé and L. Bicart-Sée, La collection de dessins d'Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, 2001, p. 282.

Lot Essay

Mary Newcome has kindly called attention to three other oval drawings by the same hand from the Durazzo Collection, one in Stuttgart (C. Thiem, Italienische Zeichnungen 1500-1800, Stuttgart, 1979, no. 63, as Benso) and two in Bremen (S. Brink, Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts, exhib. cat., Bremen, Kunsthalle, 1994, nos. 7-8).

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