Old Master Drawings

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Lot 89
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Ventura Salimbeni

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Ventura Salimbeni
  • study of a kneeling monk seen from behind
  • Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on blue paper

Catalogue Note

The attribution to Salimbeni was first proposed by Philip Pouncey.  This study is characteristic of the artist's technique and style.  It must have served for a figure in one of his many religious compositions.