Ferrau Fenzoni (Italian, 1562-1645) Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness Inscribed Ferrau Fenzonio da Faenza invt. esque. . . imp. da Fran: Villamena . . . below the image; bears the collector's mark of Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950; Lugt 2274a) on a tiny label glued to the verso Brown ink and wash over red chalk on oatmeal paper Full sheet 12 3/8 x 8 1/8 (31 x 20.5 cm); image 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches (30 x 20.5 cm) Unframed This appears to be the preliminary drawing for a painting by Fenzoni of the same subject now at Galen Gallery in Greven, Germany. As the inscription notes, the composition was also engraved by Francesco Villamena most unusually, in the same sense as the drawing and the painting. C
On the reverse is a partial drawing of a Pieta, pricked for transfer. Hinged with white tape at upper left and right to the cardboard mount. There is a sharp fold running horizontally acaross the sheet passing through the raised left hand and the right upper arm of St. John. There is a tear in the paper roughly 2 inches long, running over the saint's right shoulder. A small tear along the upper right edge; a few spots of foxing.
Ferrau Fenzoni (Italian, 1562-1645) Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness Inscribed Ferrau Fenzonio da Faenza invt. esque. . . imp. da Fran: Villamena . . . below the image; bears the collector's mark of Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950; Lugt 2274a) on a tiny label glued to the verso Brown ink and wash over red chalk on oatmeal paper Full sheet 12 3/8 x 8 1/8 (31 x 20.5 cm); image 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches (30 x 20.5 cm) Unframed This appears to be the preliminary drawing for a painting by Fenzoni of the same subject now at Galen Gallery in Greven, Germany. As the inscription notes, the composition was also engraved by Francesco Villamena most unusually, in the same sense as the drawing and the painting. C
On the reverse is a partial drawing of a Pieta, pricked for transfer. Hinged with white tape at upper left and right to the cardboard mount. There is a sharp fold running horizontally acaross the sheet passing through the raised left hand and the right upper arm of St. John. There is a tear in the paper roughly 2 inches long, running over the saint's right shoulder. A small tear along the upper right edge; a few spots of foxing.
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