Italian School, circa 1700
Lot 98

Italian School, circa 1700

Faith pointing out a monstrance to the Five Senses

Closed4 December 2018

Price Realised

GBP 4,000

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Italian School, circa 1700
Faith pointing out a monstrance to the Five Senses
(i) with attribution 'Guido Cagnacci' (twice, verso) and price '£1-1-0' (verso)
(ii) with inscription 'N° 29[crossed out]/ N° 28/ MC' (verso of the mount)
(iii) with inscription 'N° 2/ 27' (verso)
pen and brown ink, red wash
16 3/8 x 11 in. (41.5 x 27.9 cm); and two further drawings:
(ii) Italian School, 17th Century, An angel seated on a cloud, black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, 6 1/8 x 5¾ in. (15.7 x 14.6 cm)
(iii) Italian School, 16th Century, The Descent from the Cross (recto); Studies of seated and kneeling figures (verso), black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on blue paper (recto), black chalk (verso), 8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.5 x 16.8 cm)
(3)

(i) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials 'MHB', inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum, e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' and attribution 'Guido Cagnacci ad 1600/1680'.
(ii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt H Bloxam and attribution 'Corr˚.' (on the mount).
(iii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum/ e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' (verso)

Specialist note

As Philip Pouncey observed (note on the mount), the composition shown in the third drawing in this lot derives from the fresco by Francesco Salviati, datable 1549-1550, S. Maria dell' Anima, Cappella della Pietà, Rome (L. Mortari, Francesco Salviati, Rome, 1992, no. 27, ill.).