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Niccolò Lapi
An Allegory of the Sense of Smell
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Niccolò Lapi
Florence c.1661 - 1732
An Allegory of the Sense of Smell
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk;
bears old attribution, verso: Di Niccolo Lapi Pitor(?) fiorentino and numbering: No 115
238 by 339 mm; 9 ¼ by 13 ¼ in
Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784), London (L.2793);
with H. Shickman Gallery, New York, Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, 1965, no. 27 (as G.F. Romanelli);
Kurt Meissner (L.4665, possibly stamped on verso, sheet now laid down);
with Flavia Ormond, London, Master Drawings 1550-1890, 2001, no. 11,
where acquired, 2001
with H. Shickman Gallery, New York, Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, 1965, no. 27 (as G.F. Romanelli);
Kurt Meissner (L.4665, possibly stamped on verso, sheet now laid down);
with Flavia Ormond, London, Master Drawings 1550-1890, 2001, no. 11,
where acquired, 2001
M. Gregori, Handzeichnungen alter meister aus schweizer privatbesitz, Bremen and Zurich, 1967, cat. no. 109, reproduced
M. Chiarini, 'Disegni di Niccolo Lapi, in Studi di storia dell'arte in onore di Mina Gregori, 1994, p. 312
M. Chiarini, 'Disegni di Niccolo Lapi, in Studi di storia dell'arte in onore di Mina Gregori, 1994, p. 312
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen & Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Handzeichnungen Alter Meister Aus Schweizer Privatbesitz (Kurt Meissner), 1967, no. 109, reproduced