Old Master and British Works on Paper

Old Master and British Works on Paper

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Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss, Sold Without Reserve

Attributed to Antonio Vassilacchi, called L'Aliense

David beheading Goliath

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January 26, 07:38 PM GMT

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500 - 700 USD

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Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss, Sold Without Reserve

Attributed to Antonio Vassilacchi, called L'Aliense

Milo 1556 - 1629 Venice

David beheading Goliath


Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk;

bears old attribution in brown ink, lower left: Antonio Vasilacchi Aliense. and a further black chalk attribution, upper left: Palma

bears old attribution in black chalk, verso: Lanfranco and old numbering in brown ink, verso: 31 H 10

269 by 368 mm; 10⅝ by 14½ in.

The Reliable Venetian Hand (L.3005c), his inscription 'Antonio Vasilacchi Aliense';
Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent
The composition of the present work is derived from Daniele da Volterra's painting of the same subject in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris.1

1. see P. Barolsky, Daniele da Volterra, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York & London 1979, p. 17