The Holy Family, resting on the flight into Egypt
Drawing
17th century (made)
17th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Drawing, 'The Holy Family, resting on the flight into Egypt', by Giovanni Gioseffo Dal Sole, pale brown wash over red chalk, Italy, 17th century
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | The Holy Family, resting on the flight into Egypt (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pale brown wash over red chalk, with touches of black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'The Holy Family, resting on the flight into Egypt', by Giovanni Gioseffo Dal Sole, pale brown wash over red chalk, Italy, 17th century |
| Dimensions |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume II. 17th-18th century, London, 1979, p. 86.
The following is the full text of the entry.
SOLE, GIOVANNI GIOSEFFO DAL
(1654-1719)
810
The Holy Family, resting on the flight into Egypt
On the back an account of the artist's life written in ink in an 18th century hand; a strip about one centimetre wide has been cut away from the edge of the sheet, slightly mutilating the left side of the inscription; the more informative parts of the inscription read as follows: ' . . . seffo fu nato in Bologna circa 1660 ... circa 1680, quando Domenica Maria [Can]uti dipigneva la libreria di Santo Michele in Bosco, questo pittore celebre, osservante una giorna nostro [Gio]vanni, chi disegnante le belle opere dei Carracci in quel claustro ... 1o bramo d'aver per suo scolaro e direttamente gl'in[vi]tato e poi ... lui fatta cosi consummato nel disegno, chi lascio alla sua morte, in tal posto, [che] ha potuto incomminciare operare per lui stesso ... Vive felice in [pa]tria e mori circa 1716. Il suoi disegni sono estramamente raro, perche gli non avendo per sempre, ne vendita o donato [ness]uni o, al piu, pocchissimo numero di quella, per tutta la sua vita. Onde il suoi Heredi, nello mano de che la verriva, dopo il su[o] [mo]rte, hanno fin ora li tessoreggiato sicome impreggiabile. AP.J. C.M. I Mst: Arssto.'
Pale brown wash over red chalk, with touches of black chalk
10 ¼ x 8 1/8 (260 x 206) D.987-1900
PROVENANCE ? J. MacGowan (Lugt 1496, on the back, very indistinct); Dalton Bequest 1900
LITERATURE Dalton Catalogue, p. 10 (as by ]acopo Maria Giovannini)
The inscription reads as though it had been copied from an Italian manuscript by someone with an imperfect knowledge of the language. Dal Sole's dates were 1654-1719, not 1660-1716 as given there. The inscription
is mistaken again in stating that he became the pupil of Canuti in c. 1680, because by then, probably as early as 1672, he had left Canuti and was the pupil of Pasinelli. Nevertheless, it can hardly be doubted that the mutilated names . . . seffo and . . . vanni refer to Giovanni Gioseffo, and not to Giacopo Maria Giovannini, to whom the drawing was formerly ascribed. The inscription is correct in stating that drawings by Giovanni Gioseffo are rare; but there are several at Windsor (Kurz, Windsor, pp. 100- 101). A comparison with them suggests that no. 810 is correctly ascribed. The use of a coloured wash in conjunction with red chalk was a favourite technique of Canuti. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.987-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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