Alessandro CASOLANI - Two Studies of a Winged Putto

Period	1400-1600, 16th Century
Origin	Italy
Medium	Black and white chalk, Red prepared paper
Dimensions	17.2 x 18.4 cm (6³/₄ x 7¹/₄ inches)
Gallery	Stephen Ongpin Fine Art

Description
Technical

The pose of the winged putti in this drawing is similar to that of an angel in Alessandro Casolani's monumental altarpiece of The Adoration of the Shepherds, signed and dated 1596, in the Duomo in Siena, as well as in another, equally large Adoration of the Shepherds in the Collegiata dei Santi Simone e Giuda in the town of Radicondoli, datable to c.1590. Similar angels also appear in The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist, painted in the first years of the 17th century and today in the church of Santi Niccolò e Lucia in Casteldelpiano and a Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, painted in 1604 for the Chiesa del Carmine in Siena.

Among a handful of stylistically similar drawings by Alessandro Casolani on red washed paper is a study of the heads of two women and a baby, which was with Colnaghi in 1990.

Period: 1400-1600, 16th Century
Origin: Italy
Medium: Black and white chalk, Red prepared paper
Signature: Numbered 8 at the upper right.

Dimensions: 17.2 x 18.4 cm (6³/₄ x 7¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: The Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife
By descent to a private collection.

Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints