Florentine School. Descent of the Holy Spirit, circa 1500-1525
Sold for £3,600
Florentine School. Descent of the Holy Spirit, circa 1500-1525, metalpoint on laid paper, heightened with lead white, on a prepared reddish brown ground, with inscription in brown ink to centre of lower edge (probably in an 18th century hand) 'Leonardo da Vinci', outlines of the figures and architectural setting pricked for transfer, some surface marks and light losses, with old restorations, extreme lower right outer corner replaced, laid down on 18th century pale blue backing paper, with double rule border in brown ink, 338 x 274 mm (13.25 x 10.75 ins), framed and glazed
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Provenance: Private Collection, Herefordshire.
Drawings on a prepared colour ground as here are prevalent in late 15th and early 16th century Italian drawings, especially by Florentine artists. For similar examples see Chapman & Faietti, Italian Renaissance Drawings (2010), numbers 47 and 69 (Perugino and Raffaellino del Garbo). The present work appears to be a cartoon for a larger design, as the drawing is finely pricked along its main outlines for transfer, perhaps for an embroidery, the drawing then to be pounced with chalk or charcoal, leaving a faint dotted line on the intended surface.
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Sold for £3,600
Florentine School. Descent of the Holy Spirit, circa 1500-1525, metalpoint on laid paper, heightened with lead white, on a prepared reddish brown ground, with inscription in brown ink to centre of lower edge (probably in an 18th century hand) 'Leonardo da Vinci', outlines of the figures and architectural setting pricked for transfer, some surface marks and light losses, with old restorations, extreme lower right outer corner replaced, laid down on 18th century pale blue backing paper, with double rule border in brown ink, 338 x 274 mm (13.25 x 10.75 ins), framed and glazed
(Qty: 1)
Provenance: Private Collection, Herefordshire.
Drawings on a prepared colour ground as here are prevalent in late 15th and early 16th century Italian drawings, especially by Florentine artists. For similar examples see Chapman & Faietti, Italian Renaissance Drawings (2010), numbers 47 and 69 (Perugino and Raffaellino del Garbo). The present work appears to be a cartoon for a larger design, as the drawing is finely pricked along its main outlines for transfer, perhaps for an embroidery, the drawing then to be pounced with chalk or charcoal, leaving a faint dotted line on the intended surface.
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