FRANCESCO VANNI (1563-1610)

A PRIEST RAISING THE HOST AND A KNEELING ACOLYTE (RECTO); A KNEELING MONK (VERSO)

细节

FRANCESCO VANNI (1563-1610)
A PRIEST RAISING THE HOST AND A KNEELING ACOLYTE (RECTO);
A KNEELING MONK (VERSO)
BLACK AND WHITE CHALK ON BLUE PAPER
419 X 262 MM.

出版

P.A. RIEDL, 'FRANCESCO VANNI ALS ZEICHNER', MNCHNER JAHRBUCH DER BILDENDEN KUNST, XXX, 1979, PP. 94, 104, NOTE 78. F. VIATTE, DESSINS TOSCANS XVIE-XVIIIE SIèCLES, I, 1560-1640, PARIS, 1988, UNDER NO. 513.
J. POPE-HENNESSY, LEARNING TO LOOK, NEW YORK, 1991, P. 314.

拍品专文

THIS IS A PREPARATORY DRAWING FOR THE FIGURES OF THE BISHOP AND AN ACOLYTE IN VANNI'S PAINTING OF GUIDO TARLATTI, BISHOP OF AREZZO, DEDICATING THE CHURCH OF MONTEOLIVETO MAGGIORE (FIG. 1). THE PAINTING IS IN THE RIGHT TRANSEPT OF THAT CHURCH, ITS PENDANT DEPICTING THE INVESTITURE OF BERNARDO TOLOMEI, FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH. PROFESSOR RIEDL DATES THE PAINTINGS TO CIRCA 1590, OR EVEN SLIGHLY EARLIER, P.A. RIEDL, DISEGNI DEI BAROCCESCHI SENESI. FRANCESCO VANNI E VENTURA SALIMBENI, FLORENCE, 1979, P. 94. A DRAWING OF THE WHOLE COMPOSITION IS IN THE LOUVRE, F. VIATTE, OP. CIT., NO. 513. THE KNEELING FIGURE IN THE DRAWING APPEARS AGAIN IN SCENE 29 OF VANNI'S PRINT SERIES OF THE LIFE OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA, ENGRAVED BY PIETER DE JODE, AND PUBLISHED IN 1597 BY MATTEO FIORINI. VANNI FREQUENTLY REUSED DRAWINGS IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT. A PREPARATORY DRAWING FOR THIS SCENE IS AT CHATSWORTH, M. JAFFé, THE DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS. TUSCAN AND UMBRIAN SCHOOLS, LONDON, 1994, NO. 102, ILLUSTRATED.