ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO CAVEDONE (SASSUOLO 1557- 1660 BOLOGNA)
Study for the figure of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
black chalk and white heightening on paper laid down on another sheet
405 x 270 mm
framed

The present drawing is likely to have served as a preparatory study for the figure of Saint Nicola da Tolentino in Cavedone’s altarpiece for a chapel in the Duomo of Carpi in Modena, painted around 1616-1618.

LITERATURE:
Emilio Negro, Nicosetta Roio, Giacomo Cavedone pittore 1577-1660, Artioli editore, Modena, 2001, cat. n. 54, pp. 124-125.