Lot 6: Avanzino Nucci (Citta di Castillo 1551-1629 Rome)

Two miracles of Franciscan Saints: A franciscan Saint washing the feet of a leper, a bishop to the right; and Two Franciscan Saints praying, the other trying to catch an axe-head floating on a pond, a church seen beyond
inscribed '16 Comme il santo lavo dimolti Leprosi subito furo sanati' (1) and '3/Esendo roto afar legne fra Giovane suo frattelo si sforzava di spacare un zocco di Alboro scapata la letta dal manico..scata nel fotte de elia fece oratione messe il manico nel aqua si rataca miracolosamente' (2)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on light brown paper
8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (211 x 148 mm.)
(2)

A closely comparable drawing of The Martyrdom of Saints Denis, Rusticus and Elustherius was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2002, lot 97.

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