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Giovanni Battista Franco, called Semolei

Study for St. John the Evangelist

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

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Giovanni Battista Franco, called Semolei

(Venice 1510 – 1561)

Study for St. John the Evangelist


Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk;

bears old attribution in brown ink, verso: Batta franco Venetiano

246 by 158 mm; 9¾ by 6¼ in.

Jean-Marc Du Pan, called John Du Pan (1785-1838) (or in Lugt 1921, Jules Dupan), Geneva (L.1440);

Prosper Flury-Hérard (1804-1873), Paris (L.1015, with his number 678),

probably his sale, Paris, Drouot, 13 May 1861;

Private collection, Zurich;

sale, Zofingen, Auktionshaus Zofingen, 24 November 2018, lot 2210 (as Italian School, 17th Century)