Lot 505: GIOVANNI BAGLIONE

GIOVANNI BAGLIONE ROME CIRCA 1566 - 1643 (?) THE FALL OF ICARUS Black chalk and brush and gray wash heightened with white on ochre prepared paper 225 by 316 mm; 8 7/8 by 12 1/2 in

Bears unidentified collector's mark, verso: de B. (not in Lugt);
Robert Udny (L.2248);
C.R. Sharp;
With R.M. Light & Co;
bought by David Daniels, March, 1969,
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 April 1978, lot 18

A very finished study for the falling Icarus, this drawing was sold in David Daniels' sale as Giovanni Baglione. The attribution was proposed by Philip Pouncey although he also saw affinities with the work of Baglione's contemporary Gaspare Celio, who was also active in Rome.