Attributed to Francesco Solimena
(1657-1747) The Dream of Saint Joseph, brush and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on laid paper, laid down on support, 22 x 18,8 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Sir Jonathan Richardson sen. (1665-1745), London, Lugt 2184; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London, Lugt 2445; Winterberg Kunst und Auktionshaus GmbH, Heidelberg, 20th April 2013, lot 95.
The present drawing is related to the painting "The Dream of Saint Joseph" in the church S. Maria Donnalbina in Naples (Cat. Bologna 1958, pl. 114). A comparable drawing to the painting is preserved in the National Gallery of Scotland, Inv. D 818. The present study is stilistically strongly influenced by Luca Giordano and like the painting may have been executed in the late 1690s. Literature:
Ferdinando Bologna, Francesco Solimena, Naples 1958, pl. 114; Keith Andrews, National Gallery of Scotland - Catalogue of Italian Drawings, University Press, 1971, p. 115, Inv.-Nr. D 818.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
27.09.2017 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,600.-
Attributed to Francesco Solimena
(1657-1747) The Dream of Saint Joseph, brush and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on laid paper, laid down on support, 22 x 18,8 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Sir Jonathan Richardson sen. (1665-1745), London, Lugt 2184; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London, Lugt 2445; Winterberg Kunst und Auktionshaus GmbH, Heidelberg, 20th April 2013, lot 95.
The present drawing is related to the painting "The Dream of Saint Joseph" in the church S. Maria Donnalbina in Naples (Cat. Bologna 1958, pl. 114). A comparable drawing to the painting is preserved in the National Gallery of Scotland, Inv. D 818. The present study is stilistically strongly influenced by Luca Giordano and like the painting may have been executed in the late 1690s. Literature:
Ferdinando Bologna, Francesco Solimena, Naples 1958, pl. 114; Keith Andrews, National Gallery of Scotland - Catalogue of Italian Drawings, University Press, 1971, p. 115, Inv.-Nr. D 818.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.09.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 19.09. - 27.09.2017 |