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Saint Francis consoled by the music-playing angel
Details
Attributed to Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680-1764 Naples)
Saint Francis consoled by the music-playing angel
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, lightly squared in black chalk
9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24.5 x 18.7 cm)
Saint Francis consoled by the music-playing angel
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, lightly squared in black chalk
9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24.5 x 18.7 cm)
Provenance
Unidentified collector's mark (L. 2859d).
with Pietro Scarpa, Venise (as by Francesco Solimena).
with Pietro Scarpa, Venise (as by Francesco Solimena).
Literature
N. Strasser, Dessins italiens de la Renaissance au siècle des Lumières. Collection Jean Bonna, Geneva, 2010, no. 105, ill.
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