Christ carrying the Cross

Name: ANDREA ANDREANI (CIRCA 1558–1629) AFTER ALESSANDRO CASOLANI (1552-1606)
Brand: Christ carrying the Cross
Price: 1400.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 1,750

Estimate

GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

Closed: 15 Jul 2020

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ANDREA ANDREANI (CIRCA 1558–1629) AFTER ALESSANDRO CASOLANI (1552-1606)

Christ carrying the Cross

Price Realised GBP 1,750

Closed: 15 Jul 2020

Price Realised GBP 1,750

Closed: 15 Jul 2020

ANDREA ANDREANI (CIRCA 1558–1629) AFTER ALESSANDRO CASOLANI (1552-1606)
Christ carrying the Cross
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black and two shades of mushroom, 1591, on laid paper, watermark Eagle in a Circle, a fine impression
Block & Sheet 351 x 235 mm.

Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (1753-1826), Brünn/ Brno, Moravia (Lugt 1432); his posthumous sale, Artaria, Vienna, 20 October 1828, lot 107 (probably to Fitchett).
John Fitchett Marsh (1818-1880), Wigan, Lancashire (Lugt 1455); presumably by acquired descent from his uncle; probably his sale, Sotheby's, London, 23-24 May 1882.
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854), Dresden (Lugt 971); probably his posthumous sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 7-9 May 1928, presumably lot 1551 (with other prints).
With Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main.
Acquired from the above in 2002.

Bartsch 21

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Lot Essay

This is one of five chiaroscuro woodcuts of devotional subjects, published in 1591, which sprang from the collaboration between the printer Andrea Andreani and the painter Alessandro Casolani, during Andreani's Sienese period.

Andreani was a remarkable printmaker as well as a talented self-promoter. Always on the look-out for promising artistic collaborations, influencial acquaintances and wealthy patrons, together with Casolani he joined the Compagnia di Santa Caterina in Siena, a confraternity which included artists as well as local patricians - among them Fabio Buonsignori, to whom this print is dedicated. For another print from this series - albeit lacking the dedication - see lot 80 of this sale.
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