Live Auction 17420Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School
Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid)
Lot 34

Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid)

The Virgin and Child with two putti

Closed4 December 2018

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GBP 8,750

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Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid)
The Virgin and Child with two putti
with illegible inscription on the verso (coming through to the recto) and attribution 'Lucas Cambiaso' (verso)
pen and brown ink, watermark crescents (cf. Heawood 861 and 862, datable 1554 and 1555)
11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (30 x 21.2 cm)

M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials 'MHB' (on the mount).

Specialist note

This sheet is drawn with particularly energetic and quick pen strokes; with a combination of economically drawn contours, and rapid hatching between the figures to suggest space and shadow, Cambiaso brings this touching scene alive. A date of the early 1550s has been suggested by Jonathan Bober and this date seems to be confirmed by the watermark, which is datable to 1554/1555.

We are grateful to Jonathan Bober for his assistance in cataloguing this drawing and for accepting the attribution to Luca Cambiaso on the basis of a digital photograph.