NICCOLÒ RICCIOLINI Apollo and Pan with the judgement of Midas.
NICCOLÒ RICCIOLINI
(1687 Rome 1772)
Apollo and Pan with the judgement of Midas.
Pen and grey ink, grey wash over black chalk, squared.
18.3 × 25.8 cm.
Provenance:
- Japanese private collection.
- Auction Mainichi, Tokyo, 14 October 2017, lot 984.
- Japanese private collection, acquired at the above auction.
Exhibited:
Kitakyushu 1981, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu Museum of Art, 6 June–5 July 1981, no. 44, as Francesco Solimena.
Literature:
Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu 1981, p. 138, no. 44 (with ill.), as Francesco Solimena.
We thank Dr Professor Francesco Grisolia for confirming the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.
The Martin-von-Wagner-Museum of the University of Würzburg holds an almost identical but less detailed variant study, attributed to Niccolò Ricciolini by Stefan Morét (cf. Stefan Morét: Römische Barockzeichnungen im Martin-von-Wagner-Museum der Universität Würzburg, p. 340, cat. no. 343).
NICCOLÒ RICCIOLINI
(1687 Rome 1772)
Apollo and Pan with the judgement of Midas.
Pen and grey ink, grey wash over black chalk, squared.
18.3 × 25.8 cm.
Provenance:
- Japanese private collection.
- Auction Mainichi, Tokyo, 14 October 2017, lot 984.
- Japanese private collection, acquired at the above auction.
Exhibited:
Kitakyushu 1981, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu Museum of Art, 6 June–5 July 1981, no. 44, as Francesco Solimena.
Literature:
Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu 1981, p. 138, no. 44 (with ill.), as Francesco Solimena.
We thank Dr Professor Francesco Grisolia for confirming the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.
The Martin-von-Wagner-Museum of the University of Würzburg holds an almost identical but less detailed variant study, attributed to Niccolò Ricciolini by Stefan Morét (cf. Stefan Morét: Römische Barockzeichnungen im Martin-von-Wagner-Museum der Universität Würzburg, p. 340, cat. no. 343).
