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Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano
- Recto: study of a draped male figure and of handsVerso: studies of hands
- Black chalk heightened with white chalk (recto);
black chalk (verso), on buff paper
Provenance
Sale, London, Sotheby's, Drawings by Baldassare Franceschini, 3 July 1980, lot 25 (catalogue by Charles McCorquodale), purchased by Ralph Holland
Exhibited
Newcastle, 1982, no. 55, reproduced pl. XIB
Literature
D. McTavish, Italian Drawings from the Collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti, exhib. cat., Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, et al., 1985-86, p. 94, under no. 42, in note 4
Condition
Water stain at left edge. Discolored along bottom, perhaps from old mount. Stain at center, less visible on recto than verso. Some creases along right edge.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
In the Sotheby's sale catalogue, Charles McCorquodale identified this as a study for the figure directly beneath Adam and Eve on one of the long sides of the vault fresco in the Niccolini Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence. He probably represents Gideon.
Marchese Filippo Niccolini commissioned Volterrano to fresco his family's chapel in Santa Croce with The Coronation of the Virgin (vault) and four Sibyls (pendentives). The work was done between 1653 and 1664. McCorquodale notes that it is clearly indebted to the example of Correggio, and also of Lanfranco, whose work Volterrano would have seen on his visit to Rome in 1652. There are related studies for the commission in the Albertina,1 and several others were in the Sotheby's sale.
1. A. Stix and L. Frölich-Bum, Die Zeichnungen der Toskanischen...Schulen, Vienna 1932, nos. 663, 664, 665r, 666, 668, 669, 670