FJK 028
Cavaliere D'arpino G. Cesari (Italian, Arpino 1568–1640 Rome)
Study of a Seated Sibyl
Date unknown
6 49/64 × 5 19/32 in. (172 × 142 mm)
Medium
Red chalk on paper
Collector’s mark “Lionel Lucas” bottom right: “L.L.” (Lugt 1733a)
Origin
Lionel Lucas Collection, London (1822-1862)
Private Collection
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, July 5, 1993, no. 293
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 5243
Jan Krugier Foundation
Bibliography
DÜCKERS Alexander, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 397, ill.
RYLANDS Philip, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 398 ill.
Notes
This drawing is a study for one of the sibyls in the vault frescoes of the Olgiati Chapel in Santa Prassede, Rome.
Request for information/loan
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