Giovanni Antonio Burrini Bologna 1656 - 1727

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Description

Giovanni Antonio Burrini
a caricature of a monk near a church-bell
pen and brown ink and wash

Provenance

Dr. Benno Geiger, 1936

Literature

Charlotte von Prybram-Gladona, Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Munich 1969, p. 49, cat. no. 69, reproduced (as Pier Francesco Mola).

Catalogue Note

Though in the past often attributed to Mola, caricatures by this distinctive hand are now generally given to Burrini. Another example was sold, Paris, Christie's, 21 March 2002, lot 67.