Camillo Procaccini (Bologna 1555-1629 Milan)

The Virgin and Child with three Saints

Details

Camillo Procaccini (Bologna 1555-1629 Milan)
The Virgin and Child with three Saints
red chalk, the male saint's left hand replaced on an entablatured piece of paper, squared in black chalk
12 x 8 7/8 in. (30.4 x 22.4 cm)

Provenance

John Barnard, London (died 1784) (according to an inscription on the verso).
Jonathan Richardson Sen., London (1665-1745) (L. 2183).
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 29 'The Virgin and Saints, PROCACCINI' (and six others) (16s. to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Literature

Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 43.

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Lot Essay

Squared for enlargement, this finished design with the Holy Family, Saint Catherine and an unidentified nun (possibly Saint Catherine of Siena) can be tentatively connected to The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, signed and dated by Camillo in 1606 and still in situ in the Church of Castiglione delle Stiviere, Mantua. The drawing is defined by the artist’s typically angular style and expanded volumes and exhibits the devotional clarity promoted in Lombardy by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, Camillo’s most prominent supporter.

We are grateful to Nancy Ward Neilson for confirming the attribution to Camillo Procaccini based on a photograph.

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