Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Giulio Cesare Bedeschini
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Giulio Cesare Bedeschini
active circa 1583–1625
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
bears old attribution in pen and ink on the verso: Gregorio Pagani
pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in red chalk
249 by 189 mm
Sale, London, Christie's, 11 December 1990, lot 49,
where purchased by the present owner
Giulio Cesare Bedeschini seems to have spent most of his career in Central Italy and especially in the city of Aquila. We owe to Catherine Monbeig Goguel the knowledge of his graphic style. He is traditionally considered a pupil of Lodovico Cardi, called Cigoli (1559-1613), but is not mentioned by the biographer Filippo Baldinucci (1625-1696) in his 'Lives'.
The use of abundant wash with strong contrasts, and a certain geometric style in the description of the figures, make this drawing a very plausible addition to the corpus of Bedeschini's drawings.1
1.Catherine Monbeig-Goguel, 'Giulio Cesare Bedeschini: A Draftsman from the Circle of Cigoli, Master Drawings, vol. 47, no. 4 (2009), pp. 484-488
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