Attributed to Giovanni Battista Maganza (1513-1586)

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Attributed to Giovanni Battista Maganza (1513-1586)

Three draped Female figures (recto); The Rest on the Flight to Egypt (verso)

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), grey wash (verso)
191 x 278mm.

Provenance

John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1749), his book-plate on the original binding.
W.F. Mercer.
Richard Johnson.
Sir David Kelly; Christie's, 10 July 1953, part of lot 1 (38 guineas).

Lot Essay

Comparable drawings by Maganza are in the École des Beaux-Arts, E. Brugerolles, Les dessins vénitiens, Paris, 1990, no. 19 illustrated, and in Stockholm, P. Bjurström, Italian Drawings, Stockholm, 1979, no. 80, illustrated.

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