Roman School, circa 1600

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

an allegorical figure representing summer
Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, over black chalk;
inscribed, probably by the artist, in pen and brown ink: estate and in a later hand: Romanelli.

Provenance

With Louis Meier, London, from whom purchased, circa 1954

Exhibited

Newcastle, 1974, no. 21 (as ?Florentine School, 2nd half of the 16th Century)

Literature

Clifford, 1974, p. 354 (as reminiscent of Jacopo Zucchi)

Catalogue Note

Attributed to Mirabello Cavalori by Ralph Holland on the basis of comparison with drawings in the Louvre and at Christ Church, this work seems more likely to be by an artist active in Rome around 1600 with knowledge of the work of the Alberti and the Zuccari.