Attributed to Luigi Benfatto, called Alvise dal Friso (Verona 1551-1611...

Property from the Estate of Terence Mullaly (1927-2020)
Attributed to Luigi Benfatto, called Alvise dal Friso (Verona 1551-1611 Venice)
Six studies of various figure groupings (recto); and Two studies of the Madonna and Child and Saint John the Baptist, and a further study of a child (verso)
pen and brown ink on laid paper, watermark an encircled device, numbered 'No 168' verso
17.7 x 26.2cm (6 15/16 x 10 5/16in).
unframed
Provenance
With Alfred Brod, 1962 from whom acquired by
Terence Mullaly

Exhibited
Venice, Fondazione Cini, Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento, 1971, no. 119

Terence Mullaly (1927-2020) was an art historian, journalist, lecturer and broadcaster who specialised in Italian art with a particular interest in the Veronese and Venetian schools, but whose collecting taste was wide-ranging. He was art critic for the Daily Telegraph 1958-1986 as well as contributing to Apollo and Burlington Magazine.