Italian Drawings from a Private Collection
From 29 June - 5 July we will be exhibiting a private collection of 16th and 17th century Italian drawings, assembled under the guidance of Richard Day during the 1970s and 1980s, including works by Ludovico Carracci, Pietro da Cortona and Pier Francesco Mola. Two drawings from the collection by Battista Franco and Guercino will be on view at No. 9 Cork Street for the Trois Crayons summer exhibition '500 Years of Drawing' 28 June - 5 July.
Exhibited works
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A soldier on a rearing horse, with slight studies of other figures Battista Franco
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Head study of an old woman Aurelio Luini
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A young man in armour, holding a club and a shield and wearing a crown of laurels Jacopo Ligozzi
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Mars and Venus Jacopo Negretti called Palma il Giovane
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The angel appearing to the shepherds (recto); A mountainous landscape (verso) Lodewijk Toeput
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The return from the flight into Egypt, with angels Ludovico Carracci
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The baptism of christ Alessandro Maganza
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An extensive landscape with a river flowing through a gorge attributed to Domenico Zampieri, called Domenichino
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Landscape with trees on a riverbank Agostino Carracci
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An artist sketching outside a monastery (probably the Convento di San Francesco, Fiesole) Remigio Cantagallina
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Two heads in profile il Guercino
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Putto holding up a drapery over his head il Guercino
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Waterfalls in a hilly landscape Pietro da Cortona
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A landscape with walled town on an estuary and a castle above Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, called il Bolognese
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A landscape with trees by a water wheel, a mill beyond Aniello Falcone
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A farmhouse among trees Stefano della Bella
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A young man wearing a fur-trimmed cap Pier Francesco Mola
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The banishment of Hagar Pier Francesco Mola
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A peasant family and sheep at a ford with overhanging trees (recto); An extensive view of a bay with a seaport (verso) Salvator Rosa
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Dido on her pyre, with a subsidiary study of her head Domenico Maria Canuti
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A young man holding a sieve attributed to Aureliano Milani
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The head of a youth Gaetano Gandolfi