Andrea Mainardi, il Chiaveghino* (c.1573-1629)
Andrea Mainardi, il Chiaveghino* (c.1573-1629)

The Assumption of the Virgin

Details
Andrea Mainardi, il Chiaveghino* (c.1573-1629)
The Assumption of the Virgin
pen and brown ink, the upper section squared in red chalk
17 x 10 in. (432 x 259 mm.)
Provenance
The 'Sagredo-Borghese' Album, with inscription 'Scuola Milanese dal Malosso'.

Lot Essay

Mario di Giampaolo kindly suggested the attribution to Chiaveghino. A comparable drawing is related to a picture painted in 1600 for the Duomo di Fidenza, S. Bandera Bistoletti, Disegni lombardi del cinque e seicento, Milan, exhib. cat., Pinacoteca di Brera, 1986, no. 37b. A chalk drawing by Chiaveghino was sold at Christie's London, 1 July 1997, lot 33.