ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY

Study of a woman’s hand grasping a man’s arm

Details

ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Study of a woman’s hand grasping a man’s arm
inscribed (crossed out) ‘fran.co/ curradi’ (upper left)
black and white chalk, the sheet irregular
4 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (12 x 21 cm)

Provenance

with William Schab Inc., New York.

Sale room notice

An attribution to Bernardo Strozzi has been suggested. The drawing is probably a study for a composition representing Christ and the Doubting Thomas, of which a painting by Strozzi is in the Palazzo Rosso, Genoa (L. Mortari, Bernardo Strozzi, Rome, 1995, no. 220, ill.).

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The old, crossed out, inscription on the drawing refers it to the Florentine painter Francesco Curradi (1570-1661). Later on, the sheet was offered on the market as the work of the Venetian Carlo Caliari (1570-1596), Paolo Veronese’s youngest son. In spite the uncertainty of the attribution the composition is powerful and betrays the hand of an accomplished artist.

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