Lot Essay
The traditional attribution to Pietro Longhi (1701-1785) was dismissed in the Springell catalogue, where a tentative attribution to Luca Carlevarijs (1663-1730) was suggested.
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A gentleman in carnival costume, wearing spectacles and holding an axe (recto); Figure studies (verso)
Details
Venetian School, 18th Century
A gentleman in carnival costume, wearing spectacles and holding an axe (recto); Figure studies (verso)
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, irregularly cut and made up at the right edge and at the upper left corner
8 ½ x 4 5/8 in. (21.4 x 11.7 cm.)
A gentleman in carnival costume, wearing spectacles and holding an axe (recto); Figure studies (verso)
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, irregularly cut and made up at the right edge and at the upper left corner
8 ½ x 4 5/8 in. (21.4 x 11.7 cm.)
Provenance
B. Suermondt (L. 415).
Dr. A. Sträter (L. 787).
Marquis P. de Chennevières (L. 2073).
R.P. Goldschmidt (L. 2926).
J.E. Huxtable; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1949, lot 66 (as Pietro Longhi).
Dr. Francis Springell; Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1986, lot 81; where purchased by the present owner.
Dr. A. Sträter (L. 787).
Marquis P. de Chennevières (L. 2073).
R.P. Goldschmidt (L. 2926).
J.E. Huxtable; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1949, lot 66 (as Pietro Longhi).
Dr. Francis Springell; Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1986, lot 81; where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Dr and Mrs Francis Springell, 1965, no. 78 (as Pietro Longhi).