Live Auction 21459Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
FRANCESCO BRIZIO (BOLOGNA 1574-1623)
Lot 14

FRANCESCO BRIZIO (BOLOGNA 1574-1623)

Saint Jerome experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child supported by angels

Closed4 July 2023

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GBP 6,048

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FRANCESCO BRIZIO (BOLOGNA 1574-1623)
Saint Jerome experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child supported by angels

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white on light brown paper, watermark kneeling angel in prayer
34.4 x 23.8 cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)

Richard Cosway (circa 1742-1821), London (L. 628; possibly his mount).
Lucy Sidmouth.
Eliza Hobhouse, 1842 (according to an inscription on the old mount).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 1 July 1997, lot 44; where acquired by the present owners.

Specialist note

A student of the Carracci in Bologna, Brizio developed a distinctive drawing style. The present sheet can be compared with other works by the artist, similar in style, size and technique, such as the composition of Saint Benedict in ecstasy in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (inv. NMH 1275/1863; see P. Bjurström, Italian Drawings, IV, Florence, Siena, Modena, Bologna, Stockholm, 2002, no. 1305, ill.), connected with a painting in Bologna.