Live Auction 5979Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 518

Francesco Brizio (Bologna 1574-1623)

The Guardian Angels

Closed9 July 2009

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GBP 4,750

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Francesco Brizio (Bologna 1574-1623)
The Guardian Angels
black chalk, pen and brown ink, red wash, heightened with white, on pink prepared paper, on two joined sheets
8 7/8 x 6¾ in. (21.4 x 17.3 cm.)

Specialist note

Related to an altarpiece of the same subject, executed circa 1610-14 for the Cappella Pelloni in S. Martino Maggiore, Bologna (E. Hermann-Atorino, Francesco Brizio, Worms, 1989, pp. 145-6, no. G3, fig. 42). The finished painting includes a third angel in the centre of the composition, which was apparently also true of this drawing in its original state. The central section was later removed to create this more compact composition.