WORKSHOP OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (ITALIAN 1598-1680), GIANLORENZO BERNINI

WORKSHOP OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (ITALIAN 1598-1680) GIANLORENZO BERNINI SKETCHING Oil on canvas 48.4 x 37.8cm (19 x 14¾ in.) Provenance: Sackville Hamilton PC (1732-1818), Dublin Thence by descent to Charles Patrick Sackville Hamilton (b. 1949), North Yorkshire This composition relates closely to Gianlorenzo Bernini's Self-portrait while drawing in the Koelliker Collection, Milan. (1) The pentimenti visible beside the figure's proper left thumb and along the upper edge of the drawing sheet may reflect the hand of a pupil executing revisions in response to instructions within Bernini's workshop. We are grateful to Dott. Francesco Petrucci for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Literature: F. Petrucci, Bernini pittore: dal disegno al "maraviglioso composto", Rome 2006, p. 311, no. 5, reproduced. Condition Report: The canvas has been lined. Craquelure throughout with some areas at risk of becoming unstable. Stretcher marks visible. A number of spots of retouching are visible in a natural light - these are largely confined to the background areas. Rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouching and in-filling throughout together with patches of a green cloudy varnish. Condition Report Disclaimer, WORKSHOP OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (ITALIAN 1598-1680), GIANLORENZO BERNINI SKETCHING, Oil on canvas, 48.4 x 37.8cm (19 x 14¾ in.), Provenance:, Sackville Hamilton PC (1732-1818), Dublin, Thence by descent to Charles Patrick Sackville Hamilton (b. 1949), North Yorkshire, This composition relates closely to Gianlorenzo Bernini's Self-portrait while drawing in the Koelliker Collection, Milan. (1) The pentimenti visible beside the figure's proper left thumb and along the upper edge of the drawing sheet may reflect the hand of a pupil executing revisions in response to instructions within Bernini's workshop. We are grateful to Dott. Francesco Petrucci for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Literature:, F. Petrucci, Bernini pittore: dal disegno al "maraviglioso composto", Rome 2006, p. 311, no. 5, reproduced. Condition Report:, The canvas has been lined. Craquelure throughout with some areas at risk of becoming unstable. Stretcher marks visible. A number of spots of retouching are visible in a natural light - these are largely confined to the background areas. Rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouching and in-filling throughout together with patches of a green cloudy varnish. Condition Report Disclaimer

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