SIMONE CANTARINI
PRIOR TO PAPER CONSERVATION

SIMONE CANTARINI
THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE

VERSO SIMONE CANTARINI

SIMONE CANTARINI
1612 PESARO – 1648 VERONA
“THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE”

An arrangement sketch perhaps executed preparatory to a painting.

BIOGRAPHY

Simone Cantarini, or Simone da Pesaro, called “il Pesarese” was an Italian painter and etcher. He is mainly known for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. (Wiki).

DETAILS

English collection, “Con ts Lindsay”, John Lindsay, the 24th Earl of Crawford. Purchased in Italy in the year 1825. Scene of figures in the same hand on the verso. Removed from backing sheet (third photo from top) for conservation and paper restoration (see the before first photo above).

MATERIALS

Brown ink on laid paper with infill top right-hand side, using leaf casting method to complete the absent blank corner.

PRICE: $1,650.00

Provenance