Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence)

Portrait of a cleric

Details

Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence)
Portrait of a cleric
with inscription ‘thaddée Zuccharo’
pastel on buff paper
12 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (31.5 x 24.6 cm.)

Provenance

Prince W. Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L. 2602d).
C.R. Rudolf (L. 2811b, on the mount); Sotheby’s, London, 19 May 1977, lot 100.

Exhibited

London, Arts Council, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Mr. C.R. Rudolf, 1962, no. 25.

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Lot Essay

Although mainly known for his chalk drawings, Volterrano, as documented by various sources, did also execute pastels. A pastel portrait of Antonio Baldinucci which is similar in style to the present drawing is in the Louvre, Paris (inv. 1174; N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition [https://www.pastellists.com/]; Volterrano).

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