Italian School
17th century
Figure of Charity in a Landscape. Verso: Ornamental Motif; Figural Sketches
recto: 3 x 6 5/16 inches (76 x 176 mm), sight; verso: 3 9/16 x 5 15/16 inches (91 x 151 mm)
Pen and brown-gray ink, brush and brown-gray wash, over graphite, on paper; verso: pen and brown-gray ink, brush and brown-gray wash, over graphite; figural sketches in black chalk.
1992.110
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Resting against a stone block to the right of Charity is an anchor, the symbol of Hope. The present study, then, may have been part of a larger program representing the three Christian or "theological" virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity.
Recto and verso are each matted with separate lengths of paper according to dimensions of image.
Formerly attributed to Marcantonio Franceschini.
Resting against a stone block to the right of Charity is an anchor, the symbol of Hope. The present study, then, may have been part of a larger program representing the three Christian or "theological" virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity.
Recto and verso are each matted with separate lengths of paper according to dimensions of image.
Formerly attributed to Marcantonio Franceschini.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount beneath drawing in pen and brown-gray ink, "Franceschini di Bologna / voltate foglio"; on mount at lower right in pen and black-brown ink, "D"; on verso of mount beneath drawing in pen and brown-gray ink, "voltate foglio".
Associated names
Franceschini, Marcantonio, 1648-1729, Formerly attributed to.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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