Lot 395: FILIPPO RANDAZZO, CALLED MONOCOLO DI NICOSIA

NICOSIA CIRCA 1692 - 1744 PALERMO RECTO: A SOLDIER PRESENTING A MAP TO A SEATED KING VERSO: A SIMILAR SUBJECT Pen and brown ink and red wash, over black and red chalk, squared in pen and brown ink (recto); red chalk (verso); bears inscription in pen and brown ink, recto: Filippo Randazzo / Filippo Randazzo nel Regal Palazzo 424 by 265 mm

Newcastle, 1964, no. 78; Newcastle, 1974, no. 109

With John Manning, from whom purchased, November 1962

Randazzo studied in Rome with Sebastiano Conca and then moved to Palermo where he received many ecclesiastical commissions. This design is presumably for a decoration in the Palazzo Reale.