Donato Creti

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Donato Creti

1671-1749

Satyr Sneaking Up on a Sleeping Nymph and Other Indications. Verso: Study of a seated man and head of the same man

Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on laid paper; incised lines; framing line along top edge in pen and brown ink; verso: red chalk and black chalk.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (140 x 216 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1992.88

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Notes:

Watermark: none visible through lining.
This sheet appears to be a preliminary sketch for a more finished drawing of the same subject with onlookers in an elaborate landscape, in a private collection, in Bologna (see Renato Roli, "Donato Creti. 46 disegni inediti," Bologna, 1973, no. 19, repr., where the present drawing also is mentioned).
The verso is a study for the figure of Mercury in Creti's painting of "Mercury Bearing Argo's Head to Juno", in the Collezioni Comunali d'Arte, in Bologna, executed for Collina Sbaraglia probably in the second decade of the eighteenth century (see Renato Roli, "Donato Creti", Milan, 1967, 87, no. 19, fig. 59).

Provenance:

Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; purchased in 1957 from Reichlen Gallery, Lausanne by János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Renato Roli, "Drawings by Donato Creti: Notes for a Chronology," Master Drawings, vol. XI, no. 1, 1973, 28, pl. 17 (verso only).

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Creti, Donato

School:

Italian

Century:

17th century