LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on greenish-grey paper, squared in black chalk

Measurements:

8.03 in. (20.40 cm.) (height) by 13.43 in. (34.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with inscription 'Laz. Tavarone'

Exhibited:

Binghampton, State University of New York and Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Genoese Baroque drawings, 1972, exh. cat. by Mary Newcome, no. 11.Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung and elsewhere, Stiftung Ratjen, Italienische Zeichnungen des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts, 1977-78, no. 55.

Literature:

M. Newcome, Le dessin à Gènes du XVe siècle, exh. cat., Paris, Louvre, 1985, p. 31, under no. 20.

Provenance:

K.E. Hasse (L. 860).with C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf, 10 May 1930.Anonymous sale; Karl und Faber, Munich, 6 November 1963, lot 310.H. List (L. 4063).Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz.with Katrin Bellinger, London and Munich, 2005, when acquired by the present owner.