Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto
St. Francis and St. Andrew
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January 26, 07:48 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto
Naples 1634 - 1705
St. Francis and St. Andrew
Red chalk, heightened with white, on pink tinted paper;
bears numbering in brown ink, upper left: 15 and 10 and further numbering in brown ink, verso: 83-
322 by 430 mm; 12¾ by 16⅞ in.
With Crispian Riley-Smith, London, by 1998,
where acquired by the present owner
where acquired by the present owner
G. Scavizzi, 'New Drawings by Luca Giordano', Master Drawings, vol. XXXVII, (1999), no. 34, pp. 134-5 and p. 114-5 (as United States, Private Collection), reproduced fig. 15;
O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. Nuove ricerche e inediti, Naples 2003, p. 110, no. D075, p. 226, fig. D075, reproduced
O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. Nuove ricerche e inediti, Naples 2003, p. 110, no. D075, p. 226, fig. D075, reproduced
This is a preparatory study for the Madonna and Child with St. Francis and St. Andrew of circa 1670, in San Diego all'Ospedaletto, Naples.1
1. O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. L'opera completa, Naples 1992, vol. I, p. 284, cat. no. A208, reproduced vol. II, p. 570, fig. 283