Live Auction 1961Old Master And 19th Century Drawings
Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Bologna 1570-1625 Milan)
Lot 20 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. JERROLD AND MRS. JACKIE ZIFF (LOTS 3, 8, 13, 20 AND 22)

Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Bologna 1570-1625 Milan)

Saint Cecilia and a male nude (recto), Studies of male nudes (verso)

Closed24 January 2008

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Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Bologna 1570-1625 Milan)
Saint Cecilia and a male nude (recto), Studies of male nudes (verso)
with inscription '26 G.C Procaccin' (cut)
black and red chalk (recto), black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)
6 5/8 x 7 in. (170 x 177 mm.)

G. Vallardi (L. 1223), with associated red chalk inventory number 'G214' (?).
C. Prayer (L. 2044).
Juan and Felix Bernasconi; Christie's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 57.
With William Gwynn, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1990, lot 23, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Ward Neilson dates the drawing to the 1620s and compares the figure of Saint Cecilia to one in a sheet at the Albertina, Vienna (Ward Neilson, op. cit, pp. 98-9, no. 154, p. 217, fig. 141). The present sheet is typical of Procaccini's working method with its three sketches of different subjects each treated in a different technique: red chalk for Saint Cecilia, black chalk for the male torso and pen and brown ink for the studies on the verso.