AtAttributed to Cristoforo Roncalli, il Pomarancio (Pomarance circa 1553-1626 Rome)

Cupid with his bow and arrows

Details

AtAttributed to Cristoforo Roncalli, il Pomarancio (Pomarance circa 1553-1626 Rome)
Cupid with his bow and arrows
red and black chalk
10¾ x 7 5/8 in. (27.5 x 19.2 cm.)

Provenance

J. Richardson Sr. (L.2183).
Benjamin West (according to a label on the back of the frame).
E. Granger.
with Colnaghi, London, ca. 1957, no. 9 (as Bronzino).

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Lot Essay

Can be compared in style and technique to a study for a Flagellation (Florence, Uffizi, inv. 10149F, I. Chiappini di Sorio, Cristoforo Roncalli detto il Pomarancio, Bergamo, 1983, illus. p. 91) connected with a cycle of frescoes, circa 1585, in the Cappella Mattei in the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome.

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