Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Benedetto Boschi
A standing figure of a man wearing a cloak and holding a stick
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July 8, 11:06 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Benedetto Boschi
Active circa 1620
A standing figure of a man wearing a cloak and holding a stick
Pen and brown ink;
bears old attribution in pen and brown ink, verso: Matteo Rosselli and a later inscription in black chalk: Matteo Rosselli / Firenze 1578 - 1650 and numbering in pen and brown ink: 37
279 by 204 mm
Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863), Milan (L.1223, and his numbering on the verso in red chalk: B245);
bears an unidentified collector's mark on the recto;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 2005, lot 231 (as Matteo Rosselli),
where purchased by the present owner
bears an unidentified collector's mark on the recto;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 2005, lot 231 (as Matteo Rosselli),
where purchased by the present owner
The present drawing was previously attributed to Matteo Rosselli, but its stylistic similarities with a drawing in the Louvre, notably the pen and ink hatching and the rendering of the feet, provides a convincing argument for its current attribution to Benedetto Boschi, an artist in Rosselli's circle.1
1. Dessins baroques florentins du Musée du Louvre, exhib. cat., Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1981-1982, no. 46, reproduced
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