Ferraù Fenzoni

Jonathan Richardson Senior (L.2183);
John, Lord Northwick (1770-1859),    
then by inheritance at Northwick Park,
to Capt. E.G. Spencer-Churchill,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 1 November 1920, lot 42 (as Annibale Carracci)

London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 450 (as Annibale Carracci)

T. Borenius, 'Drawings and Engravings by the Carracci', The Print Collector's Quarterly, vol. IX, 1922, p. 116;
G. Scavizzi and N. Schwed, Ferraù Fenzoni, Pittore/Disegnatore, Perugia 2006, p. 323, under no. D119, reproduced, fig. D119bis

Laid down on a Richardson mount. There is some very slight evidence of surface dirt, however the sheet is in otherwise very good condition, with the medium fresh and vibrant throughout.
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Although it has not been possible to connect the present work to a known painting by the artist, Nicolas Schwed has dated this drawing to Fenzoni's Roman period, comparing it with another hand study in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid.¹

^1. See G. Scavizzi and N. Schwed, op. cit., p. 323, no. D119, reproduced