Lot No. 124


Baldessare Franceschini


Baldessare Franceschini - Master Drawings and Prints until 1900

called Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1689 Florence)
Drapery study, red and white chalk, on greyish laid paper, framing lines in pen and brown ink, sketch of a male figure on the reverse, 21 x 16,5 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Filippo Baldinucci (1624-1697);
Private collection, Italy.

The present drawing with a drapery study prepared the figure of Evangelist John in the painting “Madonna with child and saints” (1655) by Volterrano which is kept in the Pinacoteca di Volterra (Inv. 53) today.

The framing lines in pen and brown ink indicate that the sheet was once in the collection of Filippo Baldinucci (1624-1697), who was the biographer of Volterrano. For the painting see: M. C. Fabbri, A. Grassi, R. Spinelli, Volterrano. Baldassare Franeschini (1611-1690), 2013, pp. 193-196.

We are grateful to Prof. Maria Cecilia Fabbri for confirming the attribution and for the scientific support.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

04.04.2023 - 14:02

Estimate:
EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,600.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,000.-

Baldessare Franceschini


called Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1689 Florence)
Drapery study, red and white chalk, on greyish laid paper, framing lines in pen and brown ink, sketch of a male figure on the reverse, 21 x 16,5 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Filippo Baldinucci (1624-1697);
Private collection, Italy.

The present drawing with a drapery study prepared the figure of Evangelist John in the painting “Madonna with child and saints” (1655) by Volterrano which is kept in the Pinacoteca di Volterra (Inv. 53) today.

The framing lines in pen and brown ink indicate that the sheet was once in the collection of Filippo Baldinucci (1624-1697), who was the biographer of Volterrano. For the painting see: M. C. Fabbri, A. Grassi, R. Spinelli, Volterrano. Baldassare Franeschini (1611-1690), 2013, pp. 193-196.

We are grateful to Prof. Maria Cecilia Fabbri for confirming the attribution and for the scientific support.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings and Prints until 1900
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 04.04.2023 - 14:02
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 29.03. - 04.04.2023