Lot 1059: Lazzaro Tavarone (Genoa 1556-1641)

Lazzaro Tavarone (Genoa 1556-1641)
A triumphal procession, with soldiers followed by bound captives on a cart pulled by oxen, perhaps a Triumph of Faith
with number '224'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in pen and brown ink, two lines in red chalk, minor losses, unframed
9 7/8 x 15¼ in. (25.2 x 38.7 cm.)

W. Bates (L. 2604).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1976, lot 82.

An example of Tavarone's early work, while he was working in Spain with Luca Cambiaso and still profoundly under the influence of that master's draughtsmanship. It already displays the elongation of the figures which would become a feature of his mature style.

We are grateful to Jonathan Bober for endorsing the attribution to Tavarone on the basis of a photograph.