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Sigismondo Coccapani
1583-1643
A Standing Draped Man, His Right Arm Raised, and a Separate Study of a Dog. Verso: A Standing Man Wearing a Cloak, with a Separate Study of a Soldier.
Pen and brown ink, red chalk, on paper; verso: red chalk.
16 1/4 x 10 5/16 inches (412 x 262 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Evan Frankel Foundation and the Estate of Jane J. Jenkins, with the special assistance of David and Julie Tobey.
2004.34
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Inscription:
Inscribed at upper left in red chalk, "B 267"; on old mount at lower left in pen and black ink, "No [o in superscript] 8"; on verso of old mount at upper left in pen and black ink, "No [o in superscript] 54", at upper center in white chalk, "No [o in superscript] 36", at lower center in white chalk, "LODO CARDI CIGOLI", at lower right in pen and black ink, "No [o in superscript] 275 de notre catalogue".
Provenance:
Blind stamp at lower right, a crowned cypher (not in Lugt), possibly a variation of the Coccapani arms; in which case: Sigismondo and Giovanni Coccapani, Florence; by descent to Giovanni Coccapani's son, Regolo Silverio Coccapani, Florence; probably dispersed with the rest of the Coccapani collection in the third quarter of the seventeenth century; an unidentified collector's mark, Cini, within an armorial surround (not in Lugt); Giuseppe Vallardi (Lugt 1223); Carlo Prayer, Milan (Lugt 2044); Paul Beneux, his mark at lower left; acquired from Trinity Fine Art Ltd., London.
Associated names:
Coccapani, Regolo Silverio, former owner.
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, former owner.
Prayer, Carlo, 1826-1900, former owner.
Beneux, Paul, former owner.
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