Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

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Description

Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga
recto: st peter standing in a niche;verso: a muse playing a lyre
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, with indications of the architectural setting in red chalk (recto);
pen and gray ink and wash (verso);
inscribed in pen and brown ink (recto): S petro

Provenance

Stichting Collectie P. en N. de Boer, Amsterdam;
their sale, London, Christie's, 4 July 1995, lot 4; acquired at the sale

Exhibited

Mantua, Palazzo Te, Perino del Vaga, 2001, no.47, reproduced

Condition

Fine condition. Some stains on verso as though from old glue where the drawing may once have been laid down. This, however, is not visible on recto.
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Catalogue Note

In the Christie's sale catalogue, Bernice Davidson was quoted as having compared the recto with figures of St. Peter in two of Perino's major altarpieces painted during his Genoese period.¹ In the Mantua exhibition, Elena Parma connects it only to the St. Erasmus polyptych, a work of circa 1536, painted for an oratory in Genoa-Quinto and now in the Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica, Genoa. The charming study on the verso is not related to a known composition, but could have served for one of Perino's many decorative programs.

1. Both reproduced in E. Parma Armani, Perino del Vaga, Genoa 1986, reproduced pp. 174-5.