Lot No. 129


Sebastiano Conca


Sebastiano Conca - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Gaeta 1680–1764)
Study of Saint Mary Magdalene, kneeling, red chalk on blue laid paper, 29 x 35 cm, trimmed at right margin, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.

Exhibited:
Gaeta, Palazzo de Vio, Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764), July – October 1981.

Literature:
G. Sestieri, N. Spinosa (Ed.), Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764), Exh. Cat. Gaeta, Palazzo de Vio, July – October 1981, Cat. 97c, p. 278 (ill.); G. Sestieri, Il conoscitore di stampe, 1976, Vol. 33–34, pp. 93- 95, fig. 25, p. 93.

The present drawing is a preliminary study for the figure of Saint Mary Magdalene in the painting “Christ in the house of Martha and Mary Magdalene” (c. 1741) in the Chiesa di S. Maria in Campo Marzio in Rome. A bozzetto for the painting is in an Italian private collection (Fototeca Zeri, Inv. 120191). Another study for the figure of Christ is kept in the Uffizi (Inv. 14095).

© Bologna, Zeri Photo Archive, Inv. 120191

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

03.04.2020 - 14:42

Realized price: **
EUR 1,536.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,600.-

Sebastiano Conca


(Gaeta 1680–1764)
Study of Saint Mary Magdalene, kneeling, red chalk on blue laid paper, 29 x 35 cm, trimmed at right margin, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.

Exhibited:
Gaeta, Palazzo de Vio, Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764), July – October 1981.

Literature:
G. Sestieri, N. Spinosa (Ed.), Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764), Exh. Cat. Gaeta, Palazzo de Vio, July – October 1981, Cat. 97c, p. 278 (ill.); G. Sestieri, Il conoscitore di stampe, 1976, Vol. 33–34, pp. 93- 95, fig. 25, p. 93.

The present drawing is a preliminary study for the figure of Saint Mary Magdalene in the painting “Christ in the house of Martha and Mary Magdalene” (c. 1741) in the Chiesa di S. Maria in Campo Marzio in Rome. A bozzetto for the painting is in an Italian private collection (Fototeca Zeri, Inv. 120191). Another study for the figure of Christ is kept in the Uffizi (Inv. 14095).

© Bologna, Zeri Photo Archive, Inv. 120191

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: Online auction
Date: 03.04.2020 - 14:42
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: online


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