Mary Magdalen and an Angel

Details

Corrado Giaquinto (Molfetta 1703-1766 Naples)
Mary Magdalen and an Angel
black chalk on grey prepared paper
14 5/8 x 10 ½ in. (37.2 x 26.8 cm)

Provenance

Charles Gasc (ca. 1822-ca. 1869), Paris (L. 543).
Paul Mathias Polakovits (1921-1987), Paris (L. 3561).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1997, lot 108.

Special Notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Swiftly drawn, this study is preparatory for The Last Communion of Mary Magdalen, formerly in the collection Roderic Thesigerof, London (see Atti Convegno di studi su Corrado Giaquinto, Molfetta, 1969, p. 104, fig. 60).

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