L13040

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Lot 40
  • 40

Sebastiano Conca

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sebastiano Conca
  • The Virgin introducing various Saints to the Trinity
  • Pen and brown ink and grey wash, heightened with white;
    two slight black chalk sketches on the verso: a putto and a kneeling saint;
    bears old attribution in pen and ink on the verso: il Lanfranco, and on a separate piece of paper in pen and ink: La S.ta Trinité/admettant des Ste et Stes/ au paradis. / precieux dessin de J. Lanfranc

Provenance

Herbert List (L.4063)

Condition

Hinged to mount at left side. Overall in good condition. Pen and ink and wash fresh and strong. Some brown staining at the centre right margin, and some very faint staining at the upper corners of the sheet.
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Catalogue Note

A preparatory study with differences for Conca's altarpiece in the church of S. Paolo dei Barnabiti, Macerata, signed and dated: Eques Sebast. Conca Fecit A.1742.