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Lot 107
  • 107

Fra Semplice da Verona Verona 1589 - 1654 Rome

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Description

  • Fra Semplice da Verona
  • study of a seated monk reading
  • black and red chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper

Provenance

Hugo Schwarb, Maidenhead;
thence by descent

Catalogue Note

In both style and subject, this drawing is very close to a small group of drawings given to this interesting painter, who trained in Verona and then worked at the court of Parma.  Previously Fra Semplice's drawings, which are often executed in the same combination of chalks as the present sheet, have been attributed to Cavedone, Faccini and sometimes also to Annibale Carracci.  For further information see D. Lachenmann, 'Two Preparatory Studies by Fra Semplice da Verona', Master Drawings, vol. XXX, no. 2, 1992, pp. 210- 215.