Sale 3377
London, South Kensington
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8 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 1,875
Estimate
Follower of Paolo Veronese The Rest on the Flight into Egypt pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, on grey-blue prepared paper, unframed 16¾ x 17¼ in. (42.7 x 43.8 cm.)
Provenance
Lord Milford (L. 2687), no. 396, with his attribution 'Cammillo Procaccino'. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25-26 June 1974, lot 454, as 'Veronese'. with Galerie Gabor Kekko, Lucerne, Meisterzeichnungen V, date unknown, unnumbered.
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Literature
R. Cocke, Veronese's Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1984, p. 97, under no. 30, n. 1, 'A copy from Lord Milford's collection'.
A copy after a drawing formerly in the collection of Stephen Spector, New York, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 5 July 1993, lot 106 (Cocke, op. cit., no. 30).
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Pre-Lot Text
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