Francesco Zugno (Venice 1709-1787)
The Martyrdom of Saint Agnes - a modello
oil on canvas, unlined
31 ¾ x 16 ¾ in. (80.6 x 42.5 cm.)
来源
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Rome, 8 March 1990, lot 99, where acquired by the present owner.
出版
E. Martini, La pittura del Settecento Veneto, Udine, 1982, p. 556, no. 381, fig. 321. R. Palluchini, La Pittura nel Veneto, Il Settecento, II, Milan, 1996, p. 204, no. 303.
This spirited sketch, dated by Palluchini to the 1760s (op. cit.), is a modello for Zugno's lost altarpiece and reveals the strong influence of his teacher, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.