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Lot 138: Ottavio Vannini , Florence 1585 - 1644 recto : a study of a young architect holding a scroll and a separate study of another head; verso : a three quarter length study for the same figure Red chalk ( recto and verso ); bears old attribution in brown

Est: $35,000 USD - $45,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 23, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Red chalk ( recto and verso ); bears old attribution in brown ink on the mount: Di Ottavio Vannini

Dimensions

measurements note 299 by 264 mm

Artist or Maker

Literature

C. Thiem, Florentiner Zeichner des Frühbarock, Munich, 1977, p. 344, no. 112, reproduced

Provenance

H.S. Reitlinger (L.2274a on the mount), his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 December 1953, lot 114;
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 1995, lot 114

Notes

The recto of this double sided sheet is preparatory for the figures of two architects to the left of Vannini's fresco depicting Lorenzo the Magnificent surrounded by Florentine Artists, (fig. 1) in the Sala degli Argenti of the Palazzo Pitti.υ1 The verso, which appeared when the drawing was lifted from the old mount after the sale of 1995 (see Provenance), seems to be a separate study, three quarter length, for the architect holding a scroll. On this side, the artist emphasizes the figure's left shoulder and arm with a high degree of finish, as opposed to his emphasis of the right-hand side of the figure on the recto. The fresco filled a space below a window, and with two others on either side which, along with other walls, was left unfinished on the death of Giovanni da San Giovanni in 1636. Vannini worked on this commission, the most prestigious that he received from the Medici family, from 1638 until 1642. The remaining walls were then decorated by Francesco Furini and Cecco Bravo, thereby completing the most important and extroardinary decorative ensemble of the Florentine Baroque. 1. G. Cantelli, Repertorio dell la Pittura fiorentina del Seicento, Fiesole 1983, reproduced figs. 704-705

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

by
Sotheby's
January 23, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US