Priests by a tomb and young women garlanding a herm (recto); Study of a landscape (verso)

Details

Andrea de Leone (Naples 1610-1685)
Priests by a tomb and young women garlanding a herm (recto); Study of a landscape (verso)
with inscriptions ‘Landaracca è qu[...] diritte e abeciorio’ (?) and ‘castiglione f’
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto), brown wash (recto and verso)
7 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (18 x 25 cm)

Provenance

Henry Hamal (1744-1820), Liège (L. 1231).
A.C. Lascarides (not in Lugt).
with Hans Calmann, London, 1961 (according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.

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Lot Essay

In its layout and rapid penwork, this sheet relates closely to the study of Philip baptizing the eunuchs at Windsor Castle and the Bacchanal at the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris of similar size and both dated by Miriam Di Penta to the artist’s decade in Rome, 1630-1640 (Andrea De Leone (Napoli 1610-1685). Dipinti – Disegni, Rome, 2016, nos. D.18, D.36, ill.), Executed in preparation for paintings, these compositional studies attest to Leone’s admiration for Poussin’s arrangements. As do many of the artist’s drawings, this sheet bears an attribution to Castiglione (possibly written over an older inscription ‘Leone f’).

We are grateful to Miriam Di Penta for confirming the attribution to the artist based on a digital photograph.

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