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Francesco Vanni (Siena 1563-1610)
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Francesco Vanni (Siena 1563-1610)

Studies of a kneeling man turned to the left: David playing the harp

Fermé10 July 2014

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Francesco Vanni (Siena 1563-1610)
Studies of a kneeling man turned to the left: David playing the harp
with inscription 'F°: Vanni' (1)
black chalk on faded blue paper, the second with additional white chalk
10½ x 7 in. (26.3 x 18 cm.); and 11 x 7? in. (28 x 19.5 cm.)
(2)(2)

S. von Licht (L. 789b).
Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy; London, Christie's, 7 July 1998, lot 93.
A European private collection.

Note du spécialiste

These two drawings are both preparatory studies for Vanni's celebrated picture The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena (circa 1601; San Raimondo del Rifiugio, Siena; see Marciari, op. cit., p. 171), focusing on the figure of King David who kneels with his harp in the right foreground. They show a particular concern with the fall of the draperies. Several other chalk studies for the same figure are known, including one in the Biblioteca Comunale, Siena (Marciari, op. cit., no. 60), two in the Uffizi (Riedl, op. cit., nos. 30 and 32) and one in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.