The Madonna and Child in a fictive frame

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GIUSEPPE PASSERI (ROME 1654-1714)
The Madonna and Child in a fictive frame
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, with a graphite and gold framing line by Jonathan Richardson, Sen.
14 x 16.3 cm (5 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Sen. (1667-1745), London (his mount with inscription ‘Giuseppe Passari.’), (L. 2993).
Baron Paul Hatvany (1899-1977), London; thence by descent to the present owners.

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Lot Essay

This is a typical drawing by Passeri with the combined use of brown ink, red chalk and white bodycolour. Another drawing by Passeri drawn within a fictive frame is in the British Museum, London (inv. 1902,0822.10; N. Turner, Italian Drawings in the British Museum, Roman Baroque Drawings, London, 1999, I, no. 248, ill.) although the frame seems to be by the artist’s own hand in the present work.

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