Attributed to GIUSEPPE CESARI IL CAVALIERE D’ARPINO Half-length portrait of an elderly woman with a spindle, probably Clotho, one of the three Fates.
Attributed to GIUSEPPE CESARI IL CAVALIERE D’ARPINO
(Arpino 1568–1640 Rome)
Half-length portrait of an elderly woman with a spindle, probably Clotho, one of the three Fates.
Red and black chalk.
Inscribed in black chalk at the neckline of the dress: enza. Verso inscribed: Federico Zuccaro.
16.8 × 14.6 cm (lower margin added).
Provenance:
- E. Aillet collection, 20th century, Paris (L. 5425).
- Auction Christie's, London, 4 January 2001, lot 23.
- Auction Koller, Zurich, 26 March 2004, lot 3075.
- Swiss private collection, acquired at the above auction.
Literature:
C. von Prybram-Gladona: Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Munich 1969, no. 59, as Federico Zuccaro.
Attributed to GIUSEPPE CESARI IL CAVALIERE D’ARPINO
(Arpino 1568–1640 Rome)
Half-length portrait of an elderly woman with a spindle, probably Clotho, one of the three Fates.
Red and black chalk.
Inscribed in black chalk at the neckline of the dress: enza. Verso inscribed: Federico Zuccaro.
16.8 × 14.6 cm (lower margin added).
Provenance:
- E. Aillet collection, 20th century, Paris (L. 5425).
- Auction Christie's, London, 4 January 2001, lot 23.
- Auction Koller, Zurich, 26 March 2004, lot 3075.
- Swiss private collection, acquired at the above auction.
Literature:
C. von Prybram-Gladona: Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Munich 1969, no. 59, as Federico Zuccaro.
