View of the façade of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Details

FRANCESCO ZUCCHI (VENICE 1692-1764)
View of the façade of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
inscribed ‘S.ta Maria Maiore’ (center in border)
red chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash, pen and black ink framing lines
3 ¾ x 6 in. (9.5 x 15 cm)

Provenance

Mrs. Sidney Ernest Prestige, née Charolette Keith Murray (1893-1968).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 9 July 1968, part of lot 97.
with Faerber & Maison, London.
with Paul Drey Gallery, New York.
Gerald Bronfman (1911-1986) and Marjorie Bronfman, née Schechter (1917-2012), Montreal; by descent to
Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington DC; by descent to the present owners.

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Lot Essay

A preparatory study for one of the engravings in Thomas Salmon’s book Lo stato presente published in Venice by G.B. Albrizzi in 1739-1756. Another drawing by Zucchi preparatory for a different plate in the same volume was sold at auction (Christie’s, New York, 24 January 2001, lot 69).

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