Doge Girolamo Priuli with Saint Jerome, after Tintoretto; Catarina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, welcomed by Doge Agostino Barbarigo, after Veronese; The Annunciation, after Titian; The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, after Tintoretto; The School of Athens; The Virgin Annunciate, after Tintoretto; and The Marriage at Cana, after Tintoretto
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Valentin Lefebvre (Brussels 1642-1680 Venice)
Doge Girolamo Priuli with Saint Jerome, after Tintoretto; Catarina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, welcomed by Doge Agostino Barbarigo, after Veronese; The Annunciation, after Titian; The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, after Tintoretto; The School of Athens; The Virgin Annunciate, after Tintoretto; and The Marriage at Cana, after Tintoretto
with inscriptions 'M.S. Lafebre' (2, 3 and 5) and 'Mr. LaFebre' (4)
red chalk and brown wash, fragmentary red chalk framing lines, on two joined sheets (5)
8 7/8 x 26¾ in. (22.5 x 67.8 cm.); and smaller
(7)
Doge Girolamo Priuli with Saint Jerome, after Tintoretto; Catarina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, welcomed by Doge Agostino Barbarigo, after Veronese; The Annunciation, after Titian; The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, after Tintoretto; The School of Athens; The Virgin Annunciate, after Tintoretto; and The Marriage at Cana, after Tintoretto
with inscriptions 'M.S. Lafebre' (2, 3 and 5) and 'Mr. LaFebre' (4)
red chalk and brown wash, fragmentary red chalk framing lines, on two joined sheets (5)
8 7/8 x 26¾ in. (22.5 x 67.8 cm.); and smaller
(7)
Provenance
Unidentified collector's stamp on a label attached to the verso (wreath surmounted with a crowned shield with a lion and letters 'GC' and various numberings; not in Lugt).
N. Dhikeos (L. 3529).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 16 April 1997, lot 130.
N. Dhikeos (L. 3529).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 16 April 1997, lot 130.
Exhibited
Royal Castle, Warsaw, The Masters of Drawing. Drawings from the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, 2010-2011, p. 86 (Doge Girolamo Priuli), 88 (The Annunciation), 90 (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine), 92 (The Virgin Annunciate), 94 (The Marriage at Cana), 96 (Catarina Cornaro) and 98 (School of Athens).
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