Lot 425
  • 425

Andrea Lilio

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Andrea Lilio
  • The dead Christ flanked by two Angels and God the Father
  • Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, over black chalk; a large pentimento for the figure of Christ, cut out and pasted on

Provenance

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 February 1959, lot 35 (as Cigoli), purchased by Ralph Holland

Catalogue Note

The composition does not seems to relate to any known work by Lilio, but the drawing is very typical of his style. Ralph Holland noted that the style of this sheet had points in common with Ventura Salimbeni.