Eugenio Pini
1600-1654
Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and a Soldier Saint
7 1/4 x 5 11/16 inches (185 x 144 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, squared in red chalk
2009.244
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
Notes
Little is known of seventeenth-century artist Eugenio Pini, who was born in Udine on 15 November 1600 and painted in Udine and elsewhere in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy before his death on 11 May 1654. His expressive style developed from that of artists in the previous century: Pordenone, Amalteo, Palma il Giovane, and the Bassano, among others.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at bottom center in pen and brown ink, by the Reliable Venetian Hand, "Eugenio Pin Udinese"; inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "Eugenio Pini (not Pin) / of Udine was born at the / beginning of the 17th century / and living in 1655 / The abbate Boni says that / among his best works are the Repose / in Egypt in the Dome at Palma / and San Antonio in that of / Gemona. A good painter / but his tints somewhat wanting / in harmony"
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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Century Drawings
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