Lot Essay
Related to a lost picture which was part of a set of two, commissioned by Giovanni Carlo de'Medici in the 1670s. The pictures illustrate the story of the priest Arlotto Mainardi.
La burla all'osteria della consuma
Details
Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (1611-1689)
La burla all'osteria della consuma
with inscription 'Mano del Volterrano'
black chalk, a pentimento attached to the left margin, the sheet extended on the right
188 x 293 mm.
La burla all'osteria della consuma
with inscription 'Mano del Volterrano'
black chalk, a pentimento attached to the left margin, the sheet extended on the right
188 x 293 mm.
Provenance
J. Bailey (L. 1412), his number 'n° 47.'
Literature
C. Thiem, Florentiner Zeichner des Frhbarock, Munich, 1977, no. 215.
M.C. Fabbri, Il Seicento Fiorentino, exhib. cat., Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 1986, under no. 2.307.
M.C. Fabbri, Il Seicento Fiorentino, exhib. cat., Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 1986, under no. 2.307.