Attributed to Giacomo RAIBOLINI, known as Giacomo FRANCIA (before 1486 – Bologna 1557)
Virgin and Child surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint William, Saint Jerome, and Saint John the Baptist
Pen, brown ink, brown wash, and highlights in white gouache.
(Drawn on double-layered paper; surface wear; significant losses restored along the edges; tear on the right; creases; stains; and sun-faded).
28 x 24.5 cm

Provenance:
Ader Auction, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 8, 2019, lot 1.

Our drawing can be compared to the composition of the painting by Giacomo and Giulio Francia (the sons of Francesco Francia), held in Berlin at the Gemäldegalerie (inv. no. I.307) (see: Emilio Negro and Nicosetta Roio, *Francesco Francia e sua scuola*, Banca Agricola Mantovana, Modena, Artioli Editore, 1998, p. 271, fig. 209, reproduced) and, for technical comparison, to another drawing held at the Louvre (inv. no.RF548) attributed to Giacomo Francia (see: p. 262, fig. 190D, reproduced, from the work cited above).
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Attributed to Giacomo RAIBOLINI, known as Giacomo FRANCIA (before 1486 – Bologna 1557) Virgin and Child surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint William, Saint Jerome, and Saint John the Baptist Pen, brown ink, brown wash, and highlights in white gouache. (Drawn on double-layered paper; surface wear; significant losses restored along the edges; tear on the right; creases; stains; and sun-faded). 28 x 24.5 cm Provenance: Ader Auction, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 8, 2019, lot 1. Our drawing can be compared to the composition of the painting by Giacomo and Giulio Francia (the sons of Francesco Francia), held in Berlin at the Gemäldegalerie (inv. no. I.307) (see: Emilio Negro and Nicosetta Roio, *Francesco Francia e sua scuola*, Banca Agricola Mantovana, Modena, Artioli Editore, 1998, p. 271, fig. 209, reproduced) and, for technical comparison, to another drawing held at the Louvre (inv. no.RF548) attributed to Giacomo Francia (see: p. 262, fig. 190D, reproduced, from the work cited above).

Estimate
€3,000 - €4,000
Buyer's premium
32%
Attributed to Giacomo RAIBOLINI, known as Giacomo FRANCIA (before 1486 – Bologna 1557) Virgin and Child surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint William, Saint Jerome, and Saint John the Baptist Pen, brown ink, brown wash, and highlights in white gouache. (Drawn on double-layered paper; surface wear; significant losses restored along the edges; tear on the right; creases; stains; and sun-faded). 28 x 24.5 cm Provenance: Ader Auction, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 8, 2019, lot 1. Our drawing can be compared to the composition of the painting by Giacomo and Giulio Francia (the sons of Francesco Francia), held in Berlin at the Gemäldegalerie (inv. no. I.307) (see: Emilio Negro and Nicosetta Roio, *Francesco Francia e sua scuola*, Banca Agricola Mantovana, Modena, Artioli Editore, 1998, p. 271, fig. 209, reproduced) and, for technical comparison, to another drawing held at the Louvre (inv. no.RF548) attributed to Giacomo Francia (see: p. 262, fig. 190D, reproduced, from the work cited above).
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