ITALIAN - ROMAN SCHOOL 17thC - RED CHALK STUDY OF AN ARM CIRCLE MOLA
Item History & Price
The previous month (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, showi ng a variety of Italian drawing, 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 re...fers 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 red chalk on laid paper, depicts a superb study of a right arm.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Roman School, attributed to the near circle of Pier Francesco Mola (Mola made quite some simular studies of feet, hands and arms, quite often accompanied by an inscription in ink - our drawing is very simular to these studies).
PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (Coldrerio 1612 - Rome 1666) : Italian painter, draughtsman of the High Baroque, mainly active in Rome. At the age of four, he moved to Rome with his father Giovanni Battista, a painter. His earliest training was with the late mannerist painter Il Cavaliere d'Arpino. Later, he worked in the studio of Francesco Albani. In 1633 he travelled to Venice and Bologna to finish his training (1633-1647). With the exeption of these years, he lived in Rome for the rest of his life.
During his artistical career, he was a famous fresco painter, working for important clients, such as Pope Alexander VII. His other artistical work shows smaller paintings (portraits, religious scenes).He was elected "Principe" of the Accademica di San Luca, the Roman artists' professional association (1662), but his last years were neither profitable nor prolific. With his looser style and handling, more naturalistic palette, and interest in exploring landscape elements, Mola differs from the prevailing, highly-theoretical classicism of such leading 17th-century Roman painters as Andrea Sacchi.
Period : ca. 1650.
Size : 6, 2x16cm (without support).
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 : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Laid down on a paper support. Sides slightly irregular of shape. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 14$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
2 / 2Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
The present drawing, executed in red chalk on laid paper, depicts a superb study of a right arm.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Roman School, attributed to the near circle of Pier Francesco Mola (Mola made quite some simular studies of feet, hands and arms, quite often accompanied by an inscription in ink - our drawing is very simular to these studies).
PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (Coldrerio 1612 - Rome 1666) : Italian painter, draughtsman of the High Baroque, mainly active in Rome. At the age of four, he moved to Rome with his father Giovanni Battista, a painter. His earliest training was with the late mannerist painter Il Cavaliere d'Arpino. Later, he worked in the studio of Francesco Albani. In 1633 he travelled to Venice and Bologna to finish his training (1633-1647). With the exeption of these years, he lived in Rome for the rest of his life.
During his artistical career, he was a famous fresco painter, working for important clients, such as Pope Alexander VII. His other artistical work shows smaller paintings (portraits, religious scenes).He was elected "Principe" of the Accademica di San Luca, the Roman artists' professional association (1662), but his last years were neither profitable nor prolific. With his looser style and handling, more naturalistic palette, and interest in exploring landscape elements, Mola differs from the prevailing, highly-theoretical classicism of such leading 17th-century Roman painters as Andrea Sacchi.
Period : ca. 1650.
Size : 6, 2x16cm (without support).
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 : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Laid down on a paper support. Sides slightly irregular of shape. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 14$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
2 / 2Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
