Francisco Rizi* (1614-1685)
Francisco Rizi* (1614-1685)

Project for a Banner: The Virgin Immaculate Conception with Scenes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple and Christ

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Francisco Rizi* (1614-1685)
Project for a Banner: The Virgin Immaculate Conception with Scenes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple and Christ
black chalk, pen and brown ink, red and gray wash on four attached sheets of paper
13.3/8 x 9 in. (338 x 229 mm.)

Lot Essay

Comparable in handling to a drawing exhibited at the Galerie Gismondi, A. Stein, Dessins Espagnols, Paris, 1991, no. 58. The Stein drawing also shows the same framing probably of trompe l'oeil lethaer and the same technique of stumped-like wash.