Ferraù Fenzoni
Study of a right hand, playing a musical instrument
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January 25, 07:12 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ferraù Fenzoni
Faenza 1562 - 1645
Study of a right hand, playing a musical instrument
Red chalk
108 by 49 mm; 4¼ by 1⅞ in.
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);
Adolph Paul Oppé (1878-1957),
his sale and others, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 2016, lot 1
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);
Adolph Paul Oppé (1878-1957),
his sale and others, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 2016, lot 1
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
G. Scavizzi and N. Schwed, Ferraù Fenzoni, Pittore/Disegnatore, Perugia 2006, p. 323, under no. D119, reproduced, fig. D119bis
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
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