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GIOVANNI BALDUCCI, CALLED IL COSCI (FLORENCE CIRCA 1550-AFTER 1631 NAPLES)
The Baptism of Constantine
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on green (formerly blue) paper
618 x 712 in. (15.6 x 19.1 cm)
Provenance
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (L. 2364).
Unidentified mark (probably L. 2591a).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1977, lot 22.
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The rendering of the figures, and especially their abbreviated faces, is typical of Balducci and can be seen, for example, in Christina of Lorraine taking leave of Catherine de Medici and The entry of Saint Antonio into Florence, both in the British Museum (inv. 1895,0915.572 and 1946,0713.244; see N. Turner, Florentine Drawings of the Sixteenth Century, London, 1986, nos. 180 and 181, ill.).

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