Siennese School, early 17th Century

The Annunciation

Details

Siennese School, early 17th Century
The Annunciation
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, with perspectival indications in black chalk, shaped
10 1/8 x 10 in. (258 x 254 mm.)

Provenance

Perhaps the Comte de Caylus, with his associated inscription '[pentacle]. Cost 106' (cf L. 2919 verso).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1968, lot 33 (as Attributed to Francesco Vanni).

Lot Essay

An attribution to Enea Talpino di Salmeggia (Salmezza 1558-1626 Bergamo) has been suggested, with reference to a drawing in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, formerly attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia (K.T. Parker, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, II, Oxford, 1956, no. 423; and H. MacAndrew, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings: Supplement, III, p. 268, no. 423).

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