European Drawings, 16th to 20th Century

Workshop (with possible hand of) PAOLO VERONESE, Verona 1528-1588 Venice

Study for the Bottom Half of the Altar of St. George in Braida; Pen, brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on blue paper; 11 x 14 inches (281 x 355mm).

ANGELO MICHELE COLONNA, Rovenna, Como 1604-1687 Bologna

Presentation at the Temple; Pen and ink, with wash over black chalk; 7 x 8.06 inches (178 x 205mm).

GIOVANNI BALDUCCI, Florence 1560-1631 Naples

Design for the Apse in the Cathedral in Villetri, Italy; Pen, brown ink, and wash over black chalk; 13.38 x 20.95 inches (340 x 532mm).

PETER JANSZ, Amsterdam, 1602-1672

Miracle of the Loaves; Pen and two shades of brown ink and gray wash; 8.03 x 12.59 inches (204 x 320mm).

CHARLES-DOMINIQUE-JOSEPH EISEN, Valenciennes, France 1720-1778

Adoration of the Magi; Pen, ink, and wash over black chalk; 4.5 x 10.18 inches (114.3 x 258.57mm).

Marzio GANASSINI (1570-1622)

Study of a Male Nude; black chalk heightened with white on prepared paper; 16.50 x 11 inches (418 x 278 mm.).

VINCENZO CAMUCCINI, Rome 1771-1844

The Poet Virgil Reading; pen, ink, and wash, with pencil and white gouache heightening; 8.37 x 12.25 inches (210x308mm).

AURELIANO MILANI, Bologna 1675 - post 1749

Men in Flight or Battle with studies of Cerberus, Horse, Vulture, Shields, and Decorations (Perhaps Studies for the Works of Hercules); Pen, brown ink, and bister; 10.51 x 14.05 in 267 x 357 mm
Provenance: Private Collection, Bologna, Herbert List (Lugt 4063),and Cesare Frigerio (Lugt 4363).

GIULIO CARPIONI, Venice 1613-1678

Pharaoh’s Army Drowning in the Red Sea; Red Chalk; Collection B. Wolff (L. 420); 7.25 x 12.3 inches (188.15 x 312.67mm).

PIETER VAN LOO, Haarlem, 1735-1784

Village Beside a Stream (after Jan van Goyen); Black chalk and brown ink; 10.2 x 16.7 inches (178 x 157.4mm).

FRANCOIS HIPPOLYTE LALAISSE, Nancy, France 1812 – 1884 Paris

Studies of a Girl from Brittany; Black and white chalk on grey paper.
11.5 x 8.5 inches (292.1 x 218.44 mm).

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Giulio Carpioni, Venice 1613 - 1673 Verona

GIULIO CARPIONI, Venice 1613 - 1678 Verona

Pharaoh’s Army Drowning in the Red Sea
Red chalk
Collection B. Wolff (L. 420)
7.25 x 12.3 inches (188.15 x 312.67 mm).

PIETER JANSZ., Amsterdam 1602 – 1672

Miracle of the Loaves
Pen and two shades of brown ink and grey wash
8.03 x 12.59 inches (204 x 320 mm).