Bidspirit auction | Domenico I Piola: Large Decorative

Domenico I Piola: Large Decorative Design Sketch with the Image of St Luke and the Virgin Mary - PIOLA, DOMENICO I Genua 1627 - 1703 Title: Large Decorative Design Sketch with the Image of St Luke and the Virgin Mary. Technique: Sepia drawing, washed on paper. Mounting: Mounted. Measurement: 40,5 x 57cm. Frame: Framed. Literature: L. Gavazza, Lo spazio dipinto. Il grande affresco genovese nel '600, Genovese 1989, p. 207, 225, ill. 505, p. 354; M. Newcome, Domenico Piola in the Church of San Luca, Genoa, ”Paragone”, 39-40, 1993, p. 101, 110, ill. 103 and footnote 13; D. Sanguineti, Domenico Piola e i pittori della sua 'casa', Soncino 2004, p. 483. Provenance: Auction Bassenge, Berlin, 26 April 1977, lot. 185. Collection Erich Schleier, Berlin. 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 Domenico I Piola Baroque 17th C. Watercolour / Drawings Framed Religious Art Bozzetto Saints