The Descent from the Cross

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Jacopo Zucchi (Florence circa 1540-1596)
The Descent from the Cross
with inscriptions '8-6' and 'No. 172' (verso) and 'Pompeo dall'Aquila._.' on the backing
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
13 x 9 3/8 in. (331 x 236 mm.)

Provenance

Erasmus Philipps, circa 1720.
Richard Philipps, Lord Milford (L. 2687), Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, and by descent to
Sir John Philipps, Bt.
with Hans Calmann, London, 1947.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1997, lot 34.

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Lot Essay

The very free handling of the pen is closely comparable to that in a number of late drawings by Zucchi such as the Adoration of the Shepherds in the Louvre or the Age of Gold in Princeton (E. Pillsbury, 'Drawings by Jacopo Zucchi', Master Drawings, 1974, 1, pls. 8 and 9).

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