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Roman School, 17th Century
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- God appearing to a kneeling old man and his dog
- Drawn with the brush in brown wash, heightened with white, on paper washed pink
Provenance
Alexandre-Humbert Chatelain (L.135);
Defer-Dumesnil Collection (L.739);
Alfred Beurdeley (L.421);
sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1976, lot 96 (as French School, 18th Century), purchased by Ralph Holland
Defer-Dumesnil Collection (L.739);
Alfred Beurdeley (L.421);
sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1976, lot 96 (as French School, 18th Century), purchased by Ralph Holland
Exhibited
Newcastle, 1982, no. 65 (as Attributed to Sigismondo Caula)
Catalogue Note
Ralph Holland made his attribution to Caula by comparison with works by that artist now in the Metropolitan Museum and the Lugt Collection. This drawing seems, however, more like the work of an artist in the circle of Pietro da Cortona.