Lanfanco, Giovanni (1582-1647), Attributed to. A Study for the Transfiguration, black chalk
Attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco (Parma 1582-1647 Rome). Study for the Transfiguration, black chalk heightened with white on grey-green, fibrous laid paper, in very good condition, very faint striations of pen and brown ink, a few tiny ink spots towards the upper sheet edge, hinged to a sheet of laid paper with decorative frame drawn in with pen and brown ink, inscribed in pencil 'École Italienne / XVI e scle', sheet size 28.6 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 ins), framed and glazed (44.5 x 34 cm)
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Provenance: Private collection, Warwickshire, England.
Lanfranco is known for a number of paintings of the Transfiguration of Christ (particularly ceiling frescoes in which figures are most often viewed suspended in the air), such as the version in the Certosa di San Martino in Naples, or the oil painting of this subject in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome.
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Attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco (Parma 1582-1647 Rome). Study for the Transfiguration, black chalk heightened with white on grey-green, fibrous laid paper, in very good condition, very faint striations of pen and brown ink, a few tiny ink spots towards the upper sheet edge, hinged to a sheet of laid paper with decorative frame drawn in with pen and brown ink, inscribed in pencil 'École Italienne / XVI e scle', sheet size 28.6 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 ins), framed and glazed (44.5 x 34 cm)
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Provenance: Private collection, Warwickshire, England.
Lanfranco is known for a number of paintings of the Transfiguration of Christ (particularly ceiling frescoes in which figures are most often viewed suspended in the air), such as the version in the Certosa di San Martino in Naples, or the oil painting of this subject in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome.
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