Lot 5: Giulio Cesare Venenti (Bologna circa 1609-1697)

The Baptism of Christ with inscriptions 'G.C. Venenti 50' and 'GC Venuti' on the mount and numbered '13' ( verso ) black chalk, pen and brown ink 11 x 7 in. (279 x 178 mm.) NOTES According to Malvasia, Venenti was a Bolognese gentleman and amateur draughtsman and engraver. He studied drawing with Francesco Brizio and painting with Canuti. He engraved two prints after Canuti and another after Carracci, S. Ferrara, Incisori bolognesi ed emiliani del sec. XVI, Bologna, 1975, nos. 856-8.