Fra Semplice da Verona* (c.1589-1654)

The seated Virgin, in profile to the right

Details

Fra Semplice da Verona* (c.1589-1654)
The seated Virgin, in profile to the right
with inscriptions 'Del St Massimo' (verso)
black, red and white chalk on blue paper
11 x 7 in. (293 x 197 mm.)

Provenance

G. Vallardi (L. 1691), his number 'D415' and attribution 'Massimo Stanzione' (verso).
G. Pacini (L. 2011).
G. Locarno (L. 1223).
C. Prayer (L. 2044).
Juan and Felix Bernasconi, their inscription (not in Lugt).

Sale room notice

Literature:
D. Lachenmann, 'Two Preparatory Studies by Fra Semplice da Verona', Master Drawings, XXX, 1992, p. 211, note 10.

Lot Essay

Related to the figure on the Virgin of the left of Fra Semplice's Saint Felice da Cantalice receiving Christ from the Madonna in the Arco di Bagno in Mantua, illustrated in R. Pallucchini, La pittura veneziana del Seicento, Milan, 1981, no. 365. The picture is signed and dated 1640 and was probably commissioned by King Charles I.
Fra Semplice painted another version of the subject in 1641 for the Church of Capucin in Mestre.