The Holy Trinity with angels, putti and a congregation of saints: Design for an apsidal ceiling

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Giovanni Battista Trotti, il Malosso (Cremona 1555-1619 Parma)
The Holy Trinity with angels, putti and a congregation of saints: Design for an apsidal ceiling
black chalk, pen and black ink, the lower section squared in black chalk, the angels in oil paint, on two detached sheets of brown paper, arched, losses
16 5/8 x 38½ in. (421 x 920 mm.)

Provenance

H. Prakke.

Literature

H. Prakke, 'De Disputà in een nieuw licht', Historia, 1947, pp. 155-158, fig. 2.

Exhibited

Nijmegen, Museum 'Commanderie van Sint Jan', Italiaanse Tekeningen in Nederlands Bezit, 1570-1800, 1988, no. 61.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Another drawing of the same subject, with two tiers of saints, which may relate to the same project, is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (K. Andrews, National Gallery of Scotland, Catalogue of Italian Drawings, Cambridge, 1968, p. 123, fig. 827).

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