LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Red chalk, heightened with white, on pink tinted paper;

Size Notes:

322 by 430 mm; 12¾ by 16? in.

Description:

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Markings:

bears numbering in brown ink, upper left: 15 and 10 and further numbering in brown ink, verso: 83-

Condition:

Hinged to a modern mount. A number of old creases to the sheet and surface dirt and minor staining to the extremities. Pin prick holes to the corners and a horizontal crease to the upper edge. The combination of medium remains fresh and the overall image strong. Sold unframed.

Literature:

G. Scavizzi, 'New Drawings by Luca Giordano', Master Drawings, vol. XXXVII, (1999), no. 34, pp. 134-5 and p. 114-5 (as United States, Private Collection), reproduced fig. 15; O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. Nuove ricerche e inediti, Naples 2003, p. 110, no. D075, p. 226, fig. D075, reproduced

Provenance:

With Crispian Riley-Smith, London, by 1998, where acquired by the present owner