Antonio Zanchi (1631-1722)
Antonio Zanchi (1631-1722)

Moses striking the Rock

Details
Antonio Zanchi (1631-1722)
Moses striking the Rock
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on light brown paper, watermark orb
21.7/8 x 15 in. (556 x 381 mm.)
Sale room notice
The provenance should read J. Richardson Jun. (L. 2170).

Lot Essay

By the same hand as a drawing by Zanchi sold at Christie's London, 19 April 1994, lot 86, and another in an English private collection (J. Stock, Disegni Veneti di Collezione Inglesi, Venice, 1980, no. 59), both of which carry attributions to Zanchi by the Reliable Venetian Collector (L. 3005c-d).
Zanchi painted a horizontal version of this subject in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo in 1669.

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