Allegorical Composition: Music and Justice with the Spinola Arms, 1639–1709, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on rose-washed paper, 7-13/16 x 5-5/16 in. (19.9 x 13.5 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (Italian, Genoa 1639–1709 Rome), Once owned by the distinguished French collector Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), this highly finished drawing appears in the 1775-76 sale catalogue of his collection. It has been identified as preparatory for the frontispiece of 'Il Corradino,' a libretto for a tragedy set in medieval Naples, written by Antonio Caraccio (1630-1702), and published in Rome in 1694
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Allegorical Composition, Music, Justice, Spinola Arms, 1639–1709, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, highlighted, white, black chalk, rose-washed paper, 7-13/16 x 5-5/16, 19.9 13.5 cm, Drawings, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Il Baciccio, Italian, Genoa, Rome, Once owned, distinguished French, collector, Pierre-Jean, Mariette, 1694-1774, highly finished, drawing, 1775-76 sale, catalogue, collection, identified, preparatory, frontispiece, Corradino, libretto, tragedy set, medieval Naples, written, Antonio Caraccio, 1630-1702, published, 1694
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