Italian Drawings from a Private Collection, USA
Cesare Franchi, called Il Pollino
Christ brought before the High Priest
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February 2, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Italian Drawings from a Private Collection, USA
Cesare Franchi, called Il Pollino
1580 - 1615
Christ brought before the High Priest
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk
138 by 90 mm; 5½ by 3½ in.
Bears unidentified collector's mark (L.2890);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 July 1965, lot 58;
Dean Sterling Mark Field (1917-2000), Toronto (L.4149);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1970, lot 151;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 26 January 2005, lot 103,
where acquired
Even on such a diminutive scale, this drawing demonstrates Pollini's characteristic facial types and nervous pen-line and use of wash. It may have been a design for a miniature or book illustration.
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