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Clemente Bocciardo, called Il Clementone (Genoa circa 1600-1658 Pisa)
Lot 21

Clemente Bocciardo, called Il Clementone (Genoa circa 1600-1658 Pisa)

A male nude kneeling on a rock, shouting, his arms raised

Closed3 July 2018

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Clemente Bocciardo, called Il Clementone (Genoa circa 1600-1658 Pisa)
A male nude kneeling on a rock, shouting, his arms raised
with inscription 'di Clemente Bocciardi d° il Clementone' (on the old mount)
black chalk and touches of white chalk on buff paper, watermark cross on six mounts
15¾ x 10 7/8 in. (40 x 27.5 cm)

An anonymous 17th or 18th Century Florentine collection, possibly Giuseppe Santini.
Possibly Comte Eugène d'Oultremont (1845-1916), Chateau de Presles, Aiseau-Presle, Belgium and by descent;
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 1985, lot 217.

Specialist note

The inscription on the mount attributing this drawing to Bocciardo is similar to those found on a number of drawings by Tuscan artists from the collection of Comte Eugène d'Oultremont (see Provenance). Drawings by Bocciardo, nicknamed Il Clementone because of his apparently large size, are exceedingly rare. A self-portrait in black and red chalk is in the British Museum (inv. 1934,1001.2; see M. Newcome, 'Artisti genovesi e Castiglione', Paragone, 1982, XXXIII, pp. 27-8, fig. 13).