Lorenzo Franchi
1565-1630
The Martyrdom of St. Cecilia
13 x 8 1/16 inches (330 x 204 mm)
Red chalk, red chalk wash, with white chalk, over black chalk, on paper; frame of pale green wash bordered in pen and brown ink, all squared for transfer in graphite; verso: figures from recto traced in black chalk.
1992.111
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Study for the altarpiece now in Santa Maria della Carità, Bologna (see Mostra di Lorenzo Franchi (1565-1632), exh. cat. by Elio Monducci and Massimo Pirondini, Reggio Emilia, Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, 1976, 54, no. 19, pl. 28).
Study for the altarpiece now in Santa Maria della Carità, Bologna (see Mostra di Lorenzo Franchi (1565-1632), exh. cat. by Elio Monducci and Massimo Pirondini, Reggio Emilia, Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, 1976, 54, no. 19, pl. 28).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at lower center in pen and black ink, "Lorenzo Franchi Scolaro del Procacini / In S: Nicolo di S: Felice. _ _"; numbered at upper left in pen and gray-brown ink, "2".
Associated names
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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