ITALIAN - NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL 17thC - RELIGIOUS SCENE ATTR. MATTIA PRETI - INK
Item History & Price
For sale is this intriguing 17th century Italian drawing, a recent find on a market near Avignon (Vaucluse, South of France).
The drawing, executed in pen, black ink and red wash on laid watermarked paper, depicts a religious scene, showing Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata.This drawing, for sure, was preparatory for a larger scale painting.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Neapolitan School, given to Mattia Preti (Preti is one of the few artist who uses the techni...que of red wash in some of his drawings).
MATTIA PRETI (Taverna 1613 - Malta 1699) : Although Mattia Preti spent much of his life elsewhere, he is traditionally associated with the city of Naples. Together with Luca Giordano, Preti extended the reputation of Neapolitan painting throughout Italy and internationally. Originally from Calabria in southern Italy, Preti went to Rome around 1630, sharing a room with his brother Gregorio who had arrived about two years earlier. Gregorio may have been Mattia's principal teacher, although they both also studied at the Accademia di San Luca.
While in Rome during the 1630s and 1640s, Preti achieved his first success. His easel paintings, particularly his early ones, are painted in the style of Caravaggio. His mature style, which reached its epitome in Naples from 1653 to 1660, is intensely dramatic, uniting a Caravaggesque realism and expressive chiaroscuro with the grandeur and theatricality of Venetian artists like Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto. In 1661 Preti went to the island of Malta, where he remained for the rest of his life. While receiving most of the island's church commissions, he also worked for patrons from across Europe. Preti's contributions to the late Baroque style in Naples greatly inspired later painters, notably Francesco Solimena.
Period : ca. 1650-1660.
Size : 27, 5x20cm.
Provenance : Collection François Alziari, baron of Malaussena, his collector's mark left below (mid 19th century, collector of old master drawings), Lugt 1887.
Condition : Fairly good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Some small spots. Top corners missing and restored. Bottom corner damaged and secured. Bottom corner : traces of a paper support. Laid down on a paper support. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
The drawing, executed in pen, black ink and red wash on laid watermarked paper, depicts a religious scene, showing Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata.This drawing, for sure, was preparatory for a larger scale painting.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Neapolitan School, given to Mattia Preti (Preti is one of the few artist who uses the techni...que of red wash in some of his drawings).
MATTIA PRETI (Taverna 1613 - Malta 1699) : Although Mattia Preti spent much of his life elsewhere, he is traditionally associated with the city of Naples. Together with Luca Giordano, Preti extended the reputation of Neapolitan painting throughout Italy and internationally. Originally from Calabria in southern Italy, Preti went to Rome around 1630, sharing a room with his brother Gregorio who had arrived about two years earlier. Gregorio may have been Mattia's principal teacher, although they both also studied at the Accademia di San Luca.
While in Rome during the 1630s and 1640s, Preti achieved his first success. His easel paintings, particularly his early ones, are painted in the style of Caravaggio. His mature style, which reached its epitome in Naples from 1653 to 1660, is intensely dramatic, uniting a Caravaggesque realism and expressive chiaroscuro with the grandeur and theatricality of Venetian artists like Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto. In 1661 Preti went to the island of Malta, where he remained for the rest of his life. While receiving most of the island's church commissions, he also worked for patrons from across Europe. Preti's contributions to the late Baroque style in Naples greatly inspired later painters, notably Francesco Solimena.
Period : ca. 1650-1660.
Size : 27, 5x20cm.
Provenance : Collection François Alziari, baron of Malaussena, his collector's mark left below (mid 19th century, collector of old master drawings), Lugt 1887.
Condition : Fairly good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Some small spots. Top corners missing and restored. Bottom corner damaged and secured. Bottom corner : traces of a paper support. Laid down on a paper support. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
