Giovanni Battista GAULLI, called Il BACICCIO (1639 - 1709)

Giovanni Battista GAULLI, called Il BACICCIO (Genoa, 1639 - Rome, 1709)
The Virgin and Child appearing to Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (recto)
Study of drapery (verso)
Circa 1707
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk - 34.1 x 25 cm
17th century Roman gilt frame - 59.5 x 53.8 cm

Provenance:
- Sotheby's London 7 July 1999, lot 26;
- Sotheby's London 5 July 2000, lot 130;

Bibliography:
Francesco Petrucci (ed.), Pittura barocca romana, dal Cavalier d'Arpino a Fratel Pozzo; La collezione Fagiolo, Milan 1999, p.70 (reproduced)

Executed with a refined and highly finished technique, our sheet is perfectly representative of Baciccio’s late graphic work. This drawing is closely related to the artist's final painting (fig. 2), which replicates our group of the Virgin and Child identically.

Full description available on request