- 529
Sienese School, circa 1600
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- The Madonna and Child appearing to figures in a horse-drawn chariot
- oil on paper laid down on canvas
Catalogue Note
The handling of this small sketch bears some resemblance to the work of the Sienese artist, Pietro Sorri (1558-1622), particularly in the articulation of the figures of the Madonna and Child. See, for example, the rendering of the figures in the bozzetti, en grisaille of the Miracle of the loaves and the fish and the Presentation of the Virgin in the temple (Florence, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, inv. nos 19154 and 19156).1
1. M. Saracini and S. Volpi (ed.), Pittori Senesi del Seicento, Siena 2010, vol. III, pp. 857-58, reproduced p. 856; and Gli Uffizi. Catalogo completo, Florence 1979, p. 522, cat. nos P1618 and P1619, reproduced.
This lot is sold along with Cain and Abel, by Pietro Mera, called Il Fiammingo (Brussels 1570 - active in Florence and Venice circa 1639): oil on copper, framed; signed lower right: P .DE MERA . F (ME in ligature); 42.5 by 31.6 cm.; 16 3/4 by 12 1/2 in.