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Carlo Antonio Tavella: Landscape with St John in the Desert - TAVELLA, CARLO ANTONIO ('Il Solvarola') 1668 Milan - 1738 Genoa Title: Landscape with St John in the Desert. Technique: Pen drawing on paper. Measurement: 17 x 26,5cm. Notation: Inscribed from the artist at the top: ”Di Pal(mi) 2. e 2 o/2. in Circa 1702. Per il Sig. Fran(ces)co Brontino Bergamo”. Frame: Framed. Provenance: Christie's auction, London, 14 December 1984, lot 421. Literature: M. Newcome Schleier, Genoese Drawings. Italian Drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings, Copenhagen 2004, p. 19, ill. 13. We are grateful to Simonetta Prosperi Valenti, Rome, for confirming the attribution of the present painting on the basis of a high-resolution digital photograph and her help in cataloguing it. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Carlo Antonio Tavella Baroque 17th/18th C. Watercolour / Drawings Framed Religious Art Drawing Forest Scenes