Saint François recevant les stigmates

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ATTRIBUÉ À PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (COLDRERIO 1612-1666 ROME)
Saint François recevant les stigmates
sanguine, plume et encre brune, lavis brun
24,9 x 19,1 cm (9 3⁄4 x 7 1⁄2 in.)

Provenance

Vente Christie’s, Londres, 8 Juillet 2008, lot 34.

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ATTRIBUTED TO PIER FRANCESCO MOLA, SAINT FRANCIS RECEIVING THE STIGMATA, RED CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN WASH
This is a preparatory study for a painting on marble of the former collection of Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), rediscovered in a sale at Christie's London on December 9, 1994, lot 53, then sold a second time at auction, this time at Sotheby's, on February 1, 2013, lot 48. It is probably a reduced version of the altar piece of the Hospital of the Beggars in Rome, destroyed but described in Giovanni Francesco Mola's travel diary of 1663 (R. Cocke, Pier Francesco Mola, Oxford, 1972, p. 72, L.5).
There are two other red chalk studies that can be related to this painting, in which the position of the saint is different: one that has come up on the Parisian art market, the other housed in the Frick Art & Historical Centre, Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh collects: European Drawings, 1500 to 1800, exh. cat., Pittsburgh, Frick Art & Historical Centre, 2004-2005, no. 23).

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Lot Essay

Cette étude est préparatoire à une peinture sur marbre de l’ancienne collection du Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), redécouverte dans une vente Christie’s à Londres, le 9 décembre 1994, lot 53 puis vendue une seconde fois aux enchères chez Sotheby’s le 1er février 2013, lot 48. Il s’agit probablement d’une version réduite du tableau d’autel de l’hôpital des mendiants de Rome, détruit mais décrit dans le carnet de voyage de Giovanni Francesco Mola en 1663 (R. Cocke, Pier Francesco Mola, Oxford, 1972, p. 72, L.5).
Il existe deux autres sanguines à mettre en rapport avec ce tableau où la position du saint est différente : l’une passée sur le marché de l’art parisien, l’autre conservée à Pittsburg (cf. Pittsburgh collects: European Drawings, 1500 to 1800, cat. exp., Pittsburgh, Frick Art & Historical Centre, 2004-2005, n°23).

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