ITALIAN - NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL 18thC - RELIGIOUS SCENE BY LAMARRA - INK - WATERCOLOR
Item History & Price
After acquiring the "Lindsay" collection, I managed to buy another collection of Italian drawings. The drawings of this collection should all be situated in the Neapolitan School of the 17th and 18th century.
The present important drawing, executed in pen, ink, grey wash and watercolors on laid paper, depicts a religious scene, showing Saint Joseph, taking his son Jesus in his arms.
This drawing was squared for transfer and this way obviusly a preparatory study for a larger... scale painting. The shape of the drawing reveals that the final painting should have been an altarpiece for a church or monastery.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Neapolitan School. The only artist working in this specific technique in Naples (also using the colors, used in this drawing) was Francesco Lamarra. This way, seeing him as the atist of this drawing seems to be highly defendable.
FRANCESCO LAMARRA (Martina ca. 1710 - Naples 1780) : Italian painter, draughtsmand, printmaker of the Neapolitan School. He arrived in Naples in the 1730s and was most likely a pupil of Francesco Solimena. He also was influenced by Luca Giordano. He's mainly documented in Naples during the third quarter of the 18th century, being active as a painter of frescos and larger size church canvasses. He also developped a print production, editing work based on famous contemporaries.
Period : ca. 1750.
Size : 19, 2x14, 5cm.
Condition : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Backside : traces of a support. Some small ink spots. Right and left side slightly irregular of shape. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 16$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
The present important drawing, executed in pen, ink, grey wash and watercolors on laid paper, depicts a religious scene, showing Saint Joseph, taking his son Jesus in his arms.
This drawing was squared for transfer and this way obviusly a preparatory study for a larger... scale painting. The shape of the drawing reveals that the final painting should have been an altarpiece for a church or monastery.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Neapolitan School. The only artist working in this specific technique in Naples (also using the colors, used in this drawing) was Francesco Lamarra. This way, seeing him as the atist of this drawing seems to be highly defendable.
FRANCESCO LAMARRA (Martina ca. 1710 - Naples 1780) : Italian painter, draughtsmand, printmaker of the Neapolitan School. He arrived in Naples in the 1730s and was most likely a pupil of Francesco Solimena. He also was influenced by Luca Giordano. He's mainly documented in Naples during the third quarter of the 18th century, being active as a painter of frescos and larger size church canvasses. He also developped a print production, editing work based on famous contemporaries.
Period : ca. 1750.
Size : 19, 2x14, 5cm.
Condition : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Backside : traces of a support. Some small ink spots. Right and left side slightly irregular of shape. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 16$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
