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VERONESE SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 15 Property of an American Collector

VERONESE SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY

Mars, Venus and Cupid

Closed1 February 2024

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USD 5,000–7,000

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VERONESE SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Mars, Venus and Cupid
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white, on gray (formerly blue) paper, watermark a ladder inscribed in a pointed oval surmounted by a Latin cross
14 1⁄8 x 8 ½ in. (36 x 21.5 cm)

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (L. 2364).
John McGowan (died 1803), Edinburgh (his stamp is recorded on a now lost backing L.1496).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 10 January 1990, lot 34 (as Venetian (?) School, 16th Century).
with Colnaghi, London, (Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, 1999, no. 11, ill.).

Specialist note

This drawing, from the renowned collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is the work of a currently unidentified artist. The style of the composition is reminiscent of artists active in Verona in the 17th Century, such as Paolo Farinati and Felice Brusasorci.