Italian School
17th century
Composition Studies. Verso: Composition Studies
Pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink and wash.
Maximum dimensions: 9 x 7 13/16 inches (229 x 199 mm)
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
2009.316
Notes:
The drawing was given to Sir James Thornhill (Woolland, Dorset 1675-1735 Stalbridge, Dorset) while in the McCrindle collection, though Alan Fausel considers it untypical of the artist's work and suggested an attribution to as yet unidentified Venetian artist of the late seventeenth or eighteenth century (email correspondence, 4 February 2009).
Inscription:
Inscribed at top right in pen and brown ink, "[...]".
Provenance:
Joseph F. McCrindle, New York (McCrindle collection no. A1122).
Associated names:
Anonymous, Italian School, 18th cent.
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675-1734, Formerly attributed to.
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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