Lot 29: FRANCISCO RIZI | The Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Pen and brown ink with red-brown wash, squared for transfer in black chalk, arched top

596 by 297 mm

Pen and brown ink with red-brown wash, squared for transfer in black chalk, arched top

Laid down. There are a number of areas where the sheet has been made up by a different hand: Top of the arch, the lower left and right corners, the left and right margins and a fairly large area, lower centre. There are other noticeable tears and creases in the sheet. Despite being quite damaged the medium has remained strong and vibrant and the overall image is still readable and impressive. Sold framed.
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J. Brown, 'Selected Drawings of Spanish Baroque Masters', Master Drawings, vol. XXI, no. 4 (1983), p. 405, no. 12, pl. 32;
E. Lamas-Delgado, 'Sebastian Muñoz, Ruiz de la Iglesia y Francisco Rizi:  Un Nuevo ejemplo de la circulación de modelos en la pintura de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII en Madrid,' in Archivo Español de arte 86, 2013, no. 344, pp. 356-362, fig. 3

José Maria de Vera, Seville, 'The Spanish Album', before 1872;
Madame Scheu, Paris,
possibly, sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 11 August 1963;
with E. Shapiro, London and Paris;
with Adolf Stein, Galerie Sigismondi, Paris, 1991 (Dessins Espagnols, no. 59)