Attributed to Alessandro Turchi, L'Orbetto* (1578-1649)

A Bishop Saint praying at an Altar with Angels above

Details

Attributed to Alessandro Turchi, L'Orbetto* (1578-1649)
A Bishop Saint praying at an Altar with Angels above
with inscription 'guidoni in Roma 162(?)8' (verso, laid down)
red chalk, upper right corner cut
11 x 8 in. (291 x 215 mm.)

Provenance

I.P. Zoomer (L. 1511), his inscription 'Guido Reni'.
Lord Northwick, according to an inscription on the mount.

Literature

U.V. Fisher Pace, Disegni del seicento romano, exhib. cat., Uffizi, 1997, under no. 85 (as not by Turchi).

Lot Essay

A pen and ink version of this drawing, traditionally attributed to Camillo Procaccini, is in the Uffizi and has been attributed to Turchi by Mario di Giampaolo, A. Petrioli Tofani, Inventario 2., Disegni esposti, Florence, 1987, no. 1385E, illustrated. The attribution of the Uffizi drawing was first suggested by Ursula Verena Fisher Pace.