Lot 46: Two putti with trumpets, a river god, a mute swan and a sleeping dog ( recto ), A nymph scattering petals ( verso )

Vincenzo Dandini (Florence 1607-1675)
Two putti with trumpets, a river god, a mute swan and a sleeping dog (recto), A nymph scattering petals (verso)
with inscription 'Vincenzo Dandini' on the mount
red chalk, watermark bird inscribed in a circle surmounted by a star
7¼ x 10¼ in. (184 x 260 mm.)

Stichting Collectie P. en N. de Boer; Christie's, London, 4 July 1995, lot 56, where acquired by the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA (LOTS 21, 27, 46, 90 AND 98)


The figures on the recto and verso are after details in Nicolas Poussin's painting Cephalus and Aurora , now at Hovingham Hall (see R. Verdi, Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 , exhib. cat., London, Royal Academy, 1995, no. 1, pl. 1). The two putti in the drawing are above the chariot in the upper left corner of the painting, the river god is in the center, and the swan and dog are at the lower left and lower center of the canvas, respectively.
Poussin's painting is thought to have been in the collection of a relative of the Roman collector and antiquarian, Cassiano dal Pozzo, whom Dandini would have known through his association with Pietro da Cortona.