BERNARDINO GATTI, called SOJARO
Pavia (?) circa 1495–1575 Cremona
Study for Saint Dominic Kneeling, with Arms Outstretched (recto)
Partial Re-study of Dominic’s Knee and Drapery (verso)
Inscribed with initials, verso, RD
Red chalk heightened with white on cream paper, squared for transfer
Irregularly cut, 9 ⅜ x 6 ⅛ inches
239 x 167 mm
Provenance
Rudolf Düb (1873-1939), Brno and Nice (his paraphe, RD, verso, Lugt 2197a)
Bey Paul Adamidi Frasheri (1904-1989), Geneva and Nice (Lugt 4019)
Alfred Normand (1910-1993), Paris (Lugt 153c) (sale: Monaco, Christie’s, 20 June 1994, lot 10, illustrated), where purchased by
Eric Syz, Commugny, Switzerland, until 2021
Exhibitions
Paris, Galerie Aubry, Dessins français et italiens du XVIe et du XVIIe siècle dans les collections privées françaises,December 1971, cat. no. 54, illustrated (lent by A. Normand)
Literature
M. Di Giampaolo, “Disegni di Bernardino Gatti,” in Mario Di Giampaolo: Scritti sul disegno italiano, 1972-2008, Florence, 2010, p. 83, n. 20; originally published in Antologia di Belle Arti, vol. I, 1977, no. 4, pp. 333-38
Drawn circa 1531
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK