ITALIAN - FLORENTINE SCHOOL 17thC - RELIGIOUS SCENE ATTR. BILIVERTI - INK DRAWING
Item History & Price
In the month of April, I was contacted by a colegue-friend of Paris, mentioning a collection of Italian drawings from an old English collection were coming on the market through a Milanese dealer I know well. Finaly, I acquired this collection, showing a variety of Italian drawings, datable from the early 17th till the late 18th century. This fine collection will come on the market during the following weeks.An added page bares the inscription "Con ts Lindsay" (this refers ...to James Lindsay, the 24th Earl of Crawford. Further inscriptions reveal the early (English) provenance of the collection. Finaly, another inscription tells us that the collection was bought in Italy in the year 1825 (a copy of this page will be added on request).
The present drawing, executed in pen, ink and grey wash on laid paper, depicts a religious scene, showing the marthyrship of Saint John the Baptist.This drawing was a preparatory study for a larger scale painting.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Florentine School, showing the hand of a master artist. An attribution to Giovanni Biliverti is highly defendable.
GIOVANNI BILIVERTI, also written Bilivert (Florence 1585 - Florence 1644) : Italian painter and draughtsman of Dutch origin, son of Jacobus Bijlivert (Jacopo Biliverti, 1550-1603), a goldsmith from Delft. He probably first studied painting with Alessandro Casolani in Siena. After his father's death in 1603, Giovanni entered the studio of Lodovico Cigoli, following him in April 1604 to Rome, where he remained for most of the next three years. In 1609 Bilivert enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno, Florence. His early work is indebted both to Cigoli and to naturalistic painting. Bilivert was employed by Cosimo II de' Medici, from 1611 until the Grand Duke's death in 1621, as a designer for works in pietra dura.
He painted religious scenes, mythological subjects and still lifes.
Period : ca. 1610-1620.
Size : 17, 4x11cm.
Provenance :
Collection James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, who acquired the collection in Italy in 1825 ("bt. in Italy a. 1825").Collection Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and 6th Earl of Balcarres (of Haig Hall - Wigan), by heritage.Private collection Milan (Italy).
Condition : Fairly good. Top corner right missing (drawing completed by a restorer. Some darker spots (oxydated white). Some scattered dirt throughout. Laid down on a paper support. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 16$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
The present drawing, executed in pen, ink and grey wash on laid paper, depicts a religious scene, showing the marthyrship of Saint John the Baptist.This drawing was a preparatory study for a larger scale painting.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Florentine School, showing the hand of a master artist. An attribution to Giovanni Biliverti is highly defendable.
GIOVANNI BILIVERTI, also written Bilivert (Florence 1585 - Florence 1644) : Italian painter and draughtsman of Dutch origin, son of Jacobus Bijlivert (Jacopo Biliverti, 1550-1603), a goldsmith from Delft. He probably first studied painting with Alessandro Casolani in Siena. After his father's death in 1603, Giovanni entered the studio of Lodovico Cigoli, following him in April 1604 to Rome, where he remained for most of the next three years. In 1609 Bilivert enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno, Florence. His early work is indebted both to Cigoli and to naturalistic painting. Bilivert was employed by Cosimo II de' Medici, from 1611 until the Grand Duke's death in 1621, as a designer for works in pietra dura.
He painted religious scenes, mythological subjects and still lifes.
Period : ca. 1610-1620.
Size : 17, 4x11cm.
Provenance :
Collection James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, who acquired the collection in Italy in 1825 ("bt. in Italy a. 1825").Collection Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and 6th Earl of Balcarres (of Haig Hall - Wigan), by heritage.Private collection Milan (Italy).
Condition : Fairly good. Top corner right missing (drawing completed by a restorer. Some darker spots (oxydated white). Some scattered dirt throughout. Laid down on a paper support. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 16$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
