Noli me tangere

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FRANCESCO SALVATOR FONTEBASSO (VENISE 1707-1769)
Noli me tangere
traces de sanguine, plume et encre brune, lavis de sanguine
24 x 25.4 cm (9 ½ x 10 in.)

Provenance

Vente anonyme ; Christie's, Paris, 1 avril 2011, lot 40.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Post lot text

FRANCESCO SALVATOR FONTEBASSO, NOLI ME TANGERE
TRACES OF RED CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, RED WASH
Probably a first study for the painting with the same subject, two figures in reverse (Francesco Fontebasso 1707-1769, Vicenza 1988, no. 236, ill.). .

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Lot Essay

Probablement une première pensée pour le tableau de même sujet, dans lequel les deux figures sont inversées, et que M. Magrini date de la fin de la carrière de l'artiste (Francesco Fontebasso 1707-1769, Vicence 1988, no. 236, ill.).

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