Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction

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Sienese School, 17th century

Recto: The Madonna Annunciate; Verso: The Birth of the Virgin

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Sienese School, 17th century

Recto: The Madonna Annunciate

Verso: The Birth of the Virgin


pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk within brown ink framing lines (recto and verso)

framed: 450 x 324 mm.; 17¾ x 12¾ in.

unframed: 207 x 137 mm.; 8⅛ x 5⅜ in.

We are grateful to Dott. Marco Ciampolini for suggesting that this interesting double-sided drawing is by an artist from the workshop of Alessandro Casolani or Francesco Rustici and for proposing a possible dating to the 1620s or 1630s.