Gaspare Diziani

Unframed. Window mounted. Traces of a vertical fold at the centre, visible in the catalogue illustration. A few light brown stains, one in the figure of Veronica, also visible in the photo. Some minor foxing, particularly at the upper part of the sheet. The drawing is in reasonably good condition. The catalogue illustration is much more yellow than the original drawing.
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Although the present sheet cannot be connected with any known painting by Diziani, the rapidly handled pen and ink and energetic red chalk under-drawing are typical of his style, and comparable with the technique seen in the important, connected drawing by the artist sold, New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2008, lot 189.  The present drawing may have been made in connection with a series of compositions depicting the Passion, such as the one that Diziani painted for the Duomo of Motta di Livenza, near Treviso.¹

1. A.P. Zugni-Tauro, Gaspare Diziani, Venice 1971, pp. 78-9, no. 14, figs. 122-131