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Francesco Furini (Florence 1603-1646)
Lot 108

Francesco Furini (Florence 1603-1646)

Esther before Ahasuerus

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 6,250

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Francesco Furini (Florence 1603-1646)
Esther before Ahasuerus
with inscription 'di Francesco Furini' (on the border beneath the framing lines)
red chalk, red wash, pen and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing lines
5 3/8 x 7½ in. (13.6 x 19 cm.)

N. Hone (L. 2793).
H.S. Olivier (L. 1373).
J. Fryszman, Paris.

Specialist note

Although not connected to any known composition by the artist, this drawing appears characteristic of Furini's graphic work and is especially close to a study now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford for The Wise and Foolish Virgins (Monbeig Goguel, op. cit., p. 78, fig. 19).