Live Auction 18953Italian Drawings From The Robert Landolt Collection
Attributed to Cesare Gennari (Cento 1637-1688 Bologna)
Lot 80

Attributed to Cesare Gennari (Cento 1637-1688 Bologna)

Study of two heads

Closed8 December 2020

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Attributed to Cesare Gennari (Cento 1637-1688 Bologna)
Study of two heads
red chalk, watermark decorated coat of arms with six circles (similar to Heawood nos. 783-786)
7 ¾ x 7 ¾ in. (19.8 x 19.7 cm)

Conte Alessandro Maggiori (late 18th-early 19th Century), Faenza and Rome.
G.P. Breschi, Rome.
with Dr Karl Grünwald (1887-1964), Zurich, 1952 (this and the above according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt (as Guercino).

Specialist note


The strong influence of Guercino, combined with the rather controlled draughtsmanship, particularly visible in the parallel hatching, suggest that this sheet should be given to Guercino’s nephew Cesare Gennari.

We are grateful to Nicholas Turner for his assistance in cataloguing this drawing.