Description

ALESSANDRO TURCHI, CALLED L’ORBETTO (VERONA 1578-1649 ROME)
The Abduction of Helen
with inscription ‘Aless.ro Orb[etto ?] Veronese’, the last two words written over with ‘Roma Farnese’ (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper
10 1⁄8 x 15 3⁄8 in. (25.7 x 39 cm.)

Provenance

An unidentified collector (L. 2725a).
Jacques Fryszman, (1909-1998) Boulogne Billancourt; Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 18 June 1997, lot 204.
with Colnaghi’s, London, 1998.
Private collection, San Francisco.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 26 January 2012, lot 53.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

E. Schleier, in D. Scaglietti Kelescian ed., Alessandro Turchi detto l’Orbetto (1578-1649), exh. cat., Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, 1999, p. 63.
G. Marini, in D. Scaglietti Kelescian ed., Alessandro Turchi detto l’Orbetto (1758-1649), exh. cat., Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, 1999, no. 61, pp. 198-199, and p. 200, under no. 62.
D. Scaglietti Kelescian, Alessandro Turchi detto l’Orbetto (1578-1649), Verona, 2019, p. 416, no. D38.
F. Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins et d’Estampes. Fondation Custodia, available online www.marquesdecollections.fr (accessed in October 2024), under L.2725a.

Exhibited

Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Alessandro Turchi detto l’Orbetto (1578-1649), 1999, no. 61.
New York and London, Colnaghi’s, Master Drawings, 1998, no. 20, illustrated.
Mougins, Espace Culturel, Mythes et Heroes, 14 April – 28 May 2012.
Mougins, Musée d’Art Classique, 2012 – 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA135MA).