A view at Solfatara

Details

Aniello Falcone (Naples 1607-1656)
A view at Solfatara
with Carpio's inscription ‘Falcone. Solfatara.’ and ‘68’ over an inscription ‘72’ (on the old mount)
red chalk and red wash, watermark bird in a circle
6 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (17 x 30 cm)

Provenance

Don Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Guzman, Marchese del Carpio e Helice (1629-1687).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 20 March 1973, lot 31 (to Hans Calmann).
Mr and Mrs. H.M. Calmann; Christie’s, London, 7 July 1981, lot 72, where acquired by Robert Landolt.

Literature

S. Cassani ed., Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli, Naples, 1984, no. 3.30, ill.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This drawing is still preserved on the sheet from an album of drawings from the collection of the great collector and connoisseur Don Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Guzman, Marchese del Carpio e Helice. His collection was kept in 33 albums, and the one from which this sheet comes was dispersed at Christie’s, 20 March 1973, lots 1-38. It included ten drawings by Falcone (lots 28-37), of which six were landscape drawings.

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