Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei (c.1510-1561)

Figures fishing in a bay

Details

Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei (c.1510-1561)
Figures fishing in a bay
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white
10.5/8 x 17.1/8 in. (270 x 436 mm.)

Provenance

The Earl of Arundel, according to an inscription on a label attached to the mount.
N. Lanier (L. 2908), his inscription 'Battista Franco'.
J. Richardson Sen. (L. 2184), part of his mount with shelfmarks 'n.47 gg.30. s.'

Lot Essay

Anne Lauder kindly confirmed the attribution on the basis of a photograph and added that 'this type of idyllic scene must have been intended for a wall decoration of a private villa probably in the Veneto, and almost certainly dates to his second residence there, circa 1552-61'.

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