© Ashmolean Museum
Sheet of figure studies
Artist: attributed to Francesco Maffei (1605 - 1660)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: mid 17th Century
Materials: pen & brown ink & wash
Dimensions: 23.5 x 34cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £8,000 (Total: £20,500)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 5041 (2002)
Provenance:
F Lehmann, Berlin; Private collection, London; Sotheby's, New York, 2001; Agnew's, London.
Description:
This sheet of vigorous, exploratory studies provides evidence of Venetian drawing practice in the baroque age and is convincingly attributed to Maffei. The figure studies do not relate to specific figures in known paintings by Maffei, but some motifs are similar.
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