Circle of Léon Davent (active in Paris and Fontainebleau 1540-1556)

The Madonna and Child with the infant Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Mary Magdalene, two holy women and Saint Joseph (recto); Diana at her bath (verso)

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Circle of Léon Davent (active in Paris and Fontainebleau 1540-1556)
The Madonna and Child with the infant Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Mary Magdalene, two holy women and Saint Joseph (recto); Diana at her bath (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, heightened with white, outlines incised for transfer, on light brown paper, indistinct watermark
11¼ x 7 7/8 in. (28.6 x 19.9 cm.)

Provenance

N. Lanier (L. 2885).

Lot Essay

The drawing reproduces, in the same direction, the composition of an engraving by Léon Davent (The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1979, XXXIII, p. 153; Bartsch XVI 310.1). The Davent etching is now thought to be related to a drawing after Parmigianino in the Musée du Louvre (inv. 6546 recto).

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