© British Museum
St Luke Painting the Virgin
Artist: Giovanni Lanfranco (1581 - 1647)
Location: British Museum
Date: circa 1611
Materials: black chalk, pen & brown wash, heightened with white &yellow
Dimensions: 25.2 x 19.7cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £4,576 (Total: £45,760)
Vendor: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox
Review number: 3641 (1992)
Provenance:
Earls of Leicester, Holkham Hall: sold Christie's 2/7/91, lot21.
Description:
The drawing exemplifies the exaggerated effects of light and dark and dramatic composition that so characterise Lanfranco's paintings.
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