Il Volterrano Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Il Volterrano Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 20, 2024
Baldassarre Franceschini detto il Volterrano (Volterra 1611 - Firenze 1690)
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Baldassarre Franceschini detto il Volterrano (Volterra 1611 - Firenze 1690) Davide con la testa di Golia Olio su tela 88 x 75,5 cm L'opera in esame trova particolare congruenza con la figura di Perseo con la testa di Medusa, conservata presso la Staatgalerie Schleissheim di Monaco di Baviera (inv. n. 22444), e pubblicata a pagina 222, figura 63, del testo monografico Volterano a cura di Maria Celia fabbri, Alessandro Grassi e Riccardo Spinelli. Fu inizialmente allievo di Matteo Rosselli, poi si accostò ai modi di Giovanni da San Giovanni, infine mostrò una forte influenza da parte di Pietro da Cortona. Oltre a pittore fu anche un abile frescante, operando quasi esclusivamente a Firenze anche se abbiamo testimonianze della sua presenza a Roma, Volterra e Pescia. Appartengono al suo primo periodo il S. Michele in atto di scacciare Lucifero nella chiesa di Castello presso Firenze e gli affreschi della villa della Petraia ordinati dal principe don Lorenzo de' Medici. Dal 1658 con gli affreschi a palazzo Pitti, sala delle Allegorie, emerge l'influenza del Cortona che caratterizza il suo secondo periodo artistico. Baldassarre Franceschini also called il Volterrano (Volterra 1611 - Florence 1690) David With the Head of Goliath Oil on canvas 88 x 75,5 cm The artwork in question finds particular congruence with the figure of Perseus With the Head of Medusa, preserved at the Staatgalerie Schleissheim in Munich (inv. no. 22444), and published on page 222, figure 63, of the monographic text Volterano a curated by Maria Celia Fabbri, Alessandro Grassi and Riccardo Spinelli.
Lucas Aste
Sep. 26, 2023
Baldassarre FRANCESCHINI, dit il Volterrano Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Projet de Theatrum sacrum avec les Vertus théologales Sa...
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Baldassarre FRANCESCHINI, dit il Volterrano Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Projet de Theatrum sacrum avec les Vertus théologales Sanguine Porte le numéro '9' à l'encre en bas à droite (Pliures) Sans cadre h: 57,50 w: 44 cm Provenance : Vente anonyme ; Londres, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet & co, 3 juillet 1980, n° 102 Estimation 3 000 - 4 000 €
Artcurial
Jun. 24, 2021
Baldassare Franceschini, genannt „Il Volterrano“, 1611 – 1689
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
JOHANNES DER TÄUFER Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 100 x 74,5 cm. In vergoldetem Prunkrahmen. Beigegeben eine Expertise von Prof. Pierluigi Carofano, Pisa, vom 12. Oktober 2020. In frontaler Sicht das Dreiviertelbildnis des Johannes, der mit freiem Oberkörper dargestellt wird und dessen Muskulatur der eines Athleten würdig ist. Er wird gezeigt mit seinen Attributen: Einem langen schmalen Kreuzstab in seiner linken Hand, einem dunkelroten langen Mantel und einem, auf seinem Schoß sitzenden kleinen Schaf, das er mit seiner großen rechten Hand hält. Zudem ist noch ein Teil seines Fellgewandes zu erkennen, das mit einem Gurt, der über seine linke Schulter verläuft, befestigt ist. Er hat seinen Kopf leicht zur Seite geneigt und blickt mit seinen dunklen Augen nachdenklich aus dem Bild seitlich heraus, wohl das auf ihn zukommende Martyrium erahnend. Qualitätvolle Malerei, die durch die Frische des Pinselstrichs und die feine Modellierung und Verwendung von Licht und Schatten überrascht. Retuschen. (1271861) (3) (18) Baldassare Franceschini, also known as “Il Volterrano”, 1611 – 1689 SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST Oil on canvas. Relined. 100 x 74.5 cm. Accompanied by an expert’s report by Professor Pierluigi Carofano, Pisa, dated 12 October 2020.
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Jun. 17, 2021
IL VOLTERRANO (1611 - 1689) Study for the crown of thorns.
Est: €500 - €800
IL VOLTERRANO (1611 - 1689). Study for the crown of thorns.. Cm 30,00 x 21,50.
Capitolium Art
Jun. 09, 2021
Baldassare FRANCESCHINI, dit Il Volterrano Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Etude de visages d'ange, violoncelle et mains Sanguine
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Baldassare FRANCESCHINI, dit Il Volterrano Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Etude de visages d'ange, violoncelle et mains Sanguine Study of angel faces, violin and hands, red chalk, by il Volterrano h: 26,50 w: 42 cm Provenance : Collection René-Claude Catroux ; Sa vente, Paris, Christie's, 17 mars 2005, n° 305 ; Galerie Prouté, Paris ; Collection de Madame Bernard Destremau ; Puis par descendance Commentaire : Les nombreuses études dessinées de Volterrano montrent le soin qu'il prenait à l'élaboration de ses projets décoratifs. Parmi les motifs esquissés ici à la sanguine, le violoncelle pourrait être rapproché des instruments des anges musiciens de l'une des lunettes de la Chapelle San Ansano, décorée en 1643, dans l'église Santissima Annunziata à Florence. Estimation 8 000 - 12 000 €
Artcurial
Mar. 25, 2021
* Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (1611-1689). St Catherine of Siena
Est: £300 - £500
* Attributed to Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (1611-1689). St. Catherine of Siena receiving the Stigmata, red and black chalk on laid paper, possibly a design for a wall painting in a church, sheet size 20 x 29 cm (8 x 11.5 ins), gilt frame, glazed, with printed gallery exhibition label to verso Qty: (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Mar. 23, 2021
DESSINS
Est: €800 - €1,200
"Achille traînant le corps d'Hector autour des murs de Troie" sanguine sur papier filigrané. Attribué à Baldassarre Franceschini dit Il Volterrano. Ecole italienne. Dim.:+/-233x413mm.
Vanderkindere
Feb. 11, 2021
Baldassare FRANCESCHINI, dit IL VOLTERRANO Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Etude d'encadrements de fenêtres Sanguine, plume et encre..
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Baldassare FRANCESCHINI, dit IL VOLTERRANO Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Etude d'encadrements de fenêtres Sanguine, plume et encre brune h: 17 w: 26 cm Provenance : Chez Yvonne Tan Bunzl, Londres, en 1997 Estimation 1 000 - 1 500 €
Artcurial
Oct. 07, 2020
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) - Orpheus
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) Orpheus oil on canvas 27 5/8 x 21 7/8 in. (70.2 x 55 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 29, 2020
Attribué à Baldassare FRANCESCHINI dit Il VOLTERRANO Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Sainte Cécile Huile sur panneau
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Attribué à Baldassare FRANCESCHINI dit Il VOLTERRANO Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Sainte Cécile Huile sur panneau h: 33 w: 24,50 cm Estimation 3 000 - 4 000 €
Artcurial
Sep. 26, 2020
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI DIT IL VOLTERRANO (1611-1689)
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI DIT IL VOLTERRANO (1611-1689) Sainte Catherine Huile sur toile 102 x 84,5 cm Accompagnée d’une copie d’une lettre de madame Mina Gregori attestant l’authenticité de l’œuvre.
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Jul. 27, 2020
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) - The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Catherine of Siena and Margaret of Cortona (recto); Study of an Assumption and a plan of a church (verso)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) the Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Catherine of Siena and Margaret of Cortona (recto) ; Study of an Assumption and a plan of a church (verso) with number '85' (recto) and with inscription 'Volterrano' (verso) black chalk, fragmentary watermark hat97⁄8 x 71⁄4 in. (25 x 18.2 cm)
Christie's
Jul. 27, 2020
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) - Studies of a kneeling man (recto); Studies of a kneeling man, a man with arms outspread and an angel and a putti (verso)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) Studies of a kneeling man (recto) ; Studies of a kneeling man, a man with arms outspread and an angel and a putti (verso) red chalk (recto and verso) , pen and brown ink (verso) , the lower right edge cut93⁄8 x 95⁄8 in. (23.8 x 24.3 cm)
Christie's
Mar. 05, 2020
* Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (1611-1689). St Catherine
Est: £400 - £600
* Attributed to Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (1611-1689). St. Catherine of Siena receiving the Stigmata, red and black chalk on laid paper, possibly a design for a wall painting in a church, sheet size 20 x 29 cm (8 x 11.5 ins), gilt frame, glazed, with printed gallery exhibition label to verso (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 02, 2019
Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) Studies of hands, feet and a head (recto); Study of a bearded man and a... black (recto) and red chalk (recto and verso), watermark eagle in a circle surmounted by a crown 9 ¾ x 14
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) Studies of hands, feet and a head (recto); Study of a bearded man and a hand (verso) black (recto) and red chalk (recto and verso), watermark eagle in a circle surmounted by a crown 9 ¾ x 14 5/8 in. (24.6 x 37.1 cm)
Christie's
Jun. 27, 2019
Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689)
Est: €40,000 - €60,000
Baldassare Franceschini, Il Volterrano (Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689) Oil on canvas. 92 x 73 cm. Baroque Florentine painter, he was known for his frescoes, but also for his easel paintings. The son of a sculptor, he first studied with Cosimo Daddi in Volterra, moving to Florence in 1628 and joining the Matteo Rosselli workshop. In Florence in 1636 he received his first important commission from Lorenzo de Medici, who engaged him to decorate the Villa La Petraia with scenes illustrating the Medici family history. Franceschini took twelve years to finish it, but it meant that his position as best-known fresco painter was assured among the nobility. In 1652, or thereabouts, he completed the frescoes begun by Pietro da Cortona at the Palazzo Pitti. The frescoes in the Saint Cecile and Saint Lucy chapels in the Santissima Annunziata, those at Orlandi Chapel and the Santa Maria Maggiore chapel, and those at the Niccolini Chapel in the Santa Croce, and those in the dome of the Santissima Annunziata, are also his. They are all in Florence. Many museums have his paintings in their collections, including the Uffizi and the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart.
La Suite Subastas
Apr. 09, 2019
BALDASSARRE FRANCESCHINI called IL VOLTERRANO, circle of
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
BALDASSARRE FRANCESCHINI called IL VOLTERRANO, circle of (Volterra 1611 - Florence 1690) ANGELS IN FLIGHT ANGELS IN PRAYER A pair of oil paintings on canvas, cm. 132,5 x 94,5 PROVENANCE Collection of illustrious family, Livorno CONDITIONS OF THE PAINTINGS Recent re-linings. Some restorations partially oxidized to the edges and in the lower part of both the paintings. The paintings are in good state of conservation BALDASSARRE FRANCESCHINI detto IL VOLTERRANO, ambito di (Volterra 1611 - Firenze 1690) ANGELI IN VOLO ANGELI IN PREGHIERA Coppia di dipinti ad olio su tela, cm. 132,5 x 94,5 PROVENIENZA Collezione di illustre famiglia, Livorno CONDIZIONI DEI DIPINTI Rinteli recenti. Alcuni restauri parzialmente ossidati ai bordi e nella parte bassa di entrambi i dipinti. I dipinti sono in buono stato di conservazione
Casa d'Aste Babuino
Feb. 23, 2019
DIPINTO
Est: €18,000 - €20,000
Baldassarre Franceschini detto il volterrano 1611-1689 olio su tela raff. Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne. Autentica del professor Ferdinando Arisi cm. 105x89
Casa d'aste Martini
Sep. 26, 2018
Baldassare Franceschini(1611-1689), Il Volterrano@, Etudes pour des cartouches, 2 dessins, pierre noire et sanguine, 6,3x10,5 et 7x10,5 cm
Est: CHF300 - CHF500
Baldassare Franceschini Il Volterrano (1611-1689), Etudes pour des cartouches soutenus par des putti, 2 dessins, pierre noire et sanguine, l'un des deux passé au stylet et rougi pour transfert au verso, 6,3x10,5 et 7x10,5 cm
Piguet Hôtel des Ventes | Genève
Jul. 03, 2018
ATTRIBUTED TO BALDASSARRE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLOR
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
ATTRIBUTED TO BALDASSARRE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) Design for a cartouche, with the coat-of-arms with an eagle, putti and a satyr red chalk, red wash heightened with white, shaped as an oval 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (26.8 x 21.5 cm)
Christie's
Apr. 27, 2017
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, - IL VOLTERRANO
Est: $250,000 - $350,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO (VOLTERRA 1611-1690 FLORENCE) Portrait of the Marchese Altoviti as Hylas oil on canvas 38 x 30 1/4 in. (96 1/2 x 77 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 14, 2017
Baldassarre Franceschini, dit il Volterrano Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Recto : Projets de maître-autel ; Verso : Esquisse d''une..
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
Baldassarre Franceschini, dit il Volterrano Volterra, 1611 - Florence, 1689 Recto : Projets de maître-autel ; Verso : Esquisse d''une Fuite en Egypte et d''un visage de profil Sanguine, annotée ''o dominus'' à la plume au verso (Petites pliures et bords irréguliers) h: 26,20 w: 17,30 cm Provenance : Gallery Kekko, Toronto, en 1994 ; Vente anonyme ; Paris, Christie''s, 21 mars 2002, n° 55 ; Collection particulière du Sud de la France
Artcurial
Oct. 25, 2014
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI (IL VOLTERRANO) (1611-1690): DESIGN FOR A DOOR SURMOUNTED BY A BUST
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI (IL VOLTERRANO) (1611-1690): DESIGN FOR A DOOR SURMOUNTED BY A BUST Sanguine, pencil and wash on laid paper laid down on card, with a label from Colnaghi, London. 11 5/8 x 7 in. (sheet), 20 x 16 in. (frame).
STAIR
Dec. 05, 2013
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence)
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) >A putto supporting a decorative element<br>with inscription 'Del Volterrano' >black chalk on brown paper<br>9Â¼ x 7.5/8 in. (23.6 x 19.3 cm.)
Christie's
May. 22, 2013
Franceschini, Baldassarre detto Il Volterrano
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Franceschini, Baldassarre detto Il Volterrano (Volterra 1611 - Firenze 1689) STUDIO PER LA FIGURA DI UN PROFETA Gessetto nero s ...
Pandolfini Casa d'Aste
Dec. 06, 2012
Attributed to Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690)
Est: £400 - £600
Attributed to Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690) Allegory of Charity pen and brown ink, grey wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, shaped, the outlines incised with stylus 2 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (7.3 x 13.6 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 06, 2012
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence)
Est: £600 - £800
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) A monastic saint in ecstasy, with a subsidiary study of his head red chalk, pen and brown ink 7 3/8 x 4½ in. (18.8 x 11.4 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 16, 2011
Baldassarre FRANCHESCHINI dit IL VOLTERRANO (Volterra 1611-Florence 1689)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Baldassarre FRANCHESCHINI dit IL VOLTERRANO (Volterra 1611-Florence 1689) Étude de saint agenouillé Plume et encre brune sur traits de sanguine 16 x 12,5 cm (Restaurations) Provenance : ancienne collection Cantacuzène, leur cachet au verso
Piasa
Nov. 30, 2011
Baldassare FRANCESCHINI dit Il Volterrano
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Baldassare FRANCESCHINI dit Il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-Florence 1689) Trois soldats frappant un homme barbu (recto); Etude pour le Retour du fils prodigue (verso) Sanguine (recto et verso) 31,5 x 23 cm Petites taches
Millon & Associes
Apr. 14, 2011
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence)
Est: £30,000 - £40,000
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) A female martyr saint oil on canvas 39 7/8 x 33 1/8 in. (101.4 x 84.1 cm.)
Christie's
Jan. 26, 2011
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE A MALE NUDE SLEEPING, SEATED AND RESTING AGAINST A ROCK Two shades of red chalk 369 by 251 mm; 14 1/2 by 9 7/8 in
Sotheby's
Jan. 25, 2011
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE STUDY OF A HAND red chalk on paper 5 5/8 by 7 1/8 in 14.4 by 18.1 cm
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2010
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE RECTO : SELF-PORTRAIT; VERSO : A DRAPERY STUDY Red chalk, heightened with white ( recto and verso ), on greyish paper 411 by 278 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2010
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE THE MYSTIC MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE Black heightened with white chalk on grey-blue paper; on the verso some slight black chalk sketches of decorative motifs 283 by 369 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2010
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE RECTO: STUDY OF THE HEADS OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD; VERSO : STUDIES OF ARMS AND THE HILT OF A SWORD Black and white chalk on grey-blue paper; bears inscription: Frances [chini] 202 by 257 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2010
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE RECTO: STUDY OF DRAPED LEGS OF A SEATED FIGURE; VERSO : STUDY OF A WOMAN'S HAND AND ARM Red chalk, the recto heightened with white 397 by 266 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2010
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE ESTHER BEFORE AHASUERUS Red chalk, the upper right corner made up 231 by 263 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2010
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Est: £30,000 - £40,000
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO VOLTERRA 1611 - 1689 FLORENCE THE REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT Black chalk; bears number in pen and brown ink, top right: 69 296 by 218 mm
Sotheby's
Feb. 07, 2009
Attractive Pair of "Grand Tour" Oval Oils-on-Panel, third quarter 19th century, of, respectively, "The Sleeping Putto" after Baldassare Frenceschini (Italian, 1611-1689), called il Volterrano, and Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun's "Self Portrait of the Artist
Est: $800 - $1,200
Attractive Pair of "Grand Tour" Oval Oils-on-Panel, third quarter 19th century, of, respectively, "The Sleeping Putto" after Baldassare Frenceschini (Italian, 1611-1689), called il Volterrano, and Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun's "Self Portrait of the Artist at Her Easel", presented in elaborately carved giltwood frames featuring songbirds perched on bound pairs of oak leaves and acorns, each reverse with old handwritten paper labels, h. 16-1/2", w. 15".
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Jul. 08, 2008
A male nude sleeping, seated and in profile to the right
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) A male nude sleeping, seated and in profile to the right red chalk 14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (365 x 251 mm.)
Christie's
Jan. 23, 2008
Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano , Volterra 1611 - 1689 Florence a sheet of studies: a male figure, half length, his arms outstreched, and separate studies of a left leg and right foot Black chalk heightened with white chalk on beige
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on beige paper
Sotheby's
Jan. 29, 2004
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
(Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) The Adoration of the Shepherds. Pencil and black chalk on tan laid paper mounted on card stock. 195x275 mm; 7 3/4x10 7/8 inches. Inscribed "Francescini" in ink, lower left recto. Ex-collection E. A. Patterson (Lugt supplement 826a, lower left recto on the mount).
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 24, 2003
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano (Volterra 1611-1689 Florence)
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
A Sleeping Cupid oil on canvas 231/4 x 283/4 in. (59 x 73 cm.) PROVENANCE with Walpole Gallery, London, 1989. NOTES The same sleeping cupid, in a landscape, was repeated by Franceschini in his mural for the Galeria Palatina, Florence (see G. Cantelli, Repertorio della Pittura Fiorentina del Seicento, Florence, 1983, plate 394).
Christie's
Jan. 23, 2003
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, IL VOLTERRANO
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
(Volterra 1611-1690 Florence) Study of a Left Hand. Red chalk with touches of white heightening on brown laid paper. 182x154 mm; 7x6 inches. Ex-collection Blome, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). The current drawing may be a study for the hand of a young boy holding a unicorn in Volterrano's fresco in the Collorado Chapel, SS. Annunziata, Florence. For a similar drawing see Aldega/Gordon, Tuscan Drawings XV-XIX Centuries, New York/ Rome 2000, no. 43.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 25, 2002
u - *Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano1611-1690
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Red chalk heightened with white chalk. This lot contains 1 item(s). This is a preparatory study, with differences, for the soldier in the left foreground of the scene representing Cosimo de'Medici giving the Granducato to his son Ferdinando de' Medici, (figure 1), part of the decoration of the courtyard at the Villa Petraia, near Florence. Volterrano, commissioned by Don Lorenzo de' Medici, painted these two groups of frescoes beneath the twin loggias of the internal courtyard of the Villa between 1636 and 1648. The many drawings related to the commission demonstrate that he prepared every scene with great care (see C. McCorquodale, Drawings by Baldassare Franceschini called Il Volterrano, sale catalogue, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 1980, p.15). Each figure was first studied from the nude and then clothed, and in many cases details were redrawn showing different solutions, and the rethinking of even small decorative embellishments.
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 1994
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO (1611-1689) Recto: A KNEELING APOSTLE WITH HIS HANDS CLASPED; verso: A DRAPED FIGURE LOOKING
Est: -
UPWARDS. Red chalk heightened with white chalk (recto and verso). 390 by 268 mm. A study for a figure in Volterrano's ceiling painting of The Assumption of the Virgin done for the church of SS. Annunziata, Florence. See note to previous lot.
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 1994
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO (1611-1689) THE FIGURE OF A KNEELING APOSTLE, SEEN FROM BEHIND.
Est: -
Inscribed at the top: Ro D Mo defrari. Red chalk heightened with white chalk. 405 by 268 mm. This drawing and the following lot are preparatory studies for Volterrano's ceiling painting of The Assumption of the Virgin, executed in 1670 for the central section of the nave of the church of SS. Annunziata, Florence. Other studies related to this same figure, which appears in the left foreground of the painting, have survived, see Il Seicento Fiorentino, exhib. cat., Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 1986, vol. II, p.343, no.2.311, illus..
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 1994
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO (1611-1689) ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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Red chalk heightened with white chalk. 380 by 235 mm. A preparatory study for the figure of St. John the Baptist kneeling on clouds in Volterrano's fresco of The Coronation of the Virgin, in the cupola of SS. Annunziata, Florence. The commission was received by Volterrano in 1676; he began the work in 1680 and completed it three years later. Several drawings connected with this project have survived, including two other studies for the figure of St. John, now in the Uffizi (see Florence, Gabinetto di Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Disegni Italiani della Collezione Santarelli, 1957, nos.73, 74, illus.).
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