Giovanni Battista Paggi Genoa 1554 - 1627 (?)

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Description

Giovanni Battista Paggi
study for a scene of martyrdom
bears attribution in black chalk: paggi
pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, squared in brown ink

Provenance

On a decorative mount with black bands and flowered corners

Catalogue Note

The old attribution to Paggi is most helpful and revealing. The facial types are his, but there are strong Florentine characteristics in the drawing. As Paggi lived in Florence for almost twenty years and worked with artists such as Cigoli, this drawing is an extremely interesting testimony to that experience.