Moses and the Israelites reaching the Promised Land (recto); Studies of horses' heads (verso, visible through the recto)

Details

Francesco Allegrini (Cantiano 1615-after 1679 Gubbio)
Moses and the Israelites reaching the Promised Land (recto); Studies of horses' heads (verso, visible through the recto)
pen and brown ink, watermark anchor in a circle (cf. Briquet 464 etc.)
7 3/8 x 9 ¼ in. (18.9 x 23.5 cm)

Provenance

with Hans Calmann, London, 1961 (according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.

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Please note that the composition of this drawing derives from a print by Antonio Tempesta (see E. Leuschner, The Illustrated Bartsch, 35,Antonio Tempesta, 2004, no. 243). See for an impression, British Museum, London, inv. X,3.156.

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Lot Essay

The extensive parallel hatching in this sheet is characteristic of Allegrini’s draughtsmanship, and can be compared to several drawings in the Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh, which has a large holding of Allegrini drawings by the artist (K. Andrews, Catalogue of Italian Drawings, Cambridge, 1968, pp. 3-8, figs. 12-84).

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