Lot 7: Circle of Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, called Fra Angelico (Vicchio 1400-1455 Rome)

Name: Circle of Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, called Fra Angelico (Vicchio 1400-1455 Rome)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: ad54be7309

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 02, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Circle of Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, called Fra Angelico (Vicchio 1400-1455 Rome) A Dominican friar, with a subsidiary study of his head brown wash, traces of stylus, heightened with white (oxidized), on jade-green prepared paper 8 1/8 x 5 1/3 in. (20.7 x 13.6 cm.)

Dimensions

20.7 x 13.6 cm.

Artist or Maker

Fra Angelico

Literature

Original Drawings and Sketches by the Old Masters ... formed by the late Mr. William Mayor, London, 1875, no. 6.

Provenance

W. Mayor (L. 2799). G. Lucas.

Notes

The figure in this drawing is close to that of Saint Dominic in Fra Angelico's Perugia altarpiece painted by the artist and his workshop around 1437-8, and today in Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria (J.T. Spike, Fra Angelico, New York, 1996, no. 94, pp. 164-9, 243-4).

Auction Details

Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours

Christie's

December 02, 2014, 01:00 PM UTC

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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