GIUSEPPE DIZIANI (Venice 1732-1803) THE PREACHING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Pen and grey ink, washed in grey, over traces in black chalk; 300 x 313 mm. PROVENANCE: Herbert List (1903-1975). LITERATURE: Mario Di Giampaolo (editor), 'Dal Disegno all'Opera compiuta, trentacinque disegni per trentacinque dipinti', exhibition catalogue, Torgiano, 1987; cat. no. 34, illustrated.
The drawing is a study for the painting (1771) by Giuseppe Diziani in the church consecrated to St. John the Baptist (San Giovanni in Valle) in Cividale del Friuli. A sketch for the same composition, originally in the collection of the so-called 'Reliable Collector', has been published by Alessandro Bettagno in 1966; see A. Bettagno, 'Disegni di una collezione veneziana del Settecento', Venice, 1966; no. 92.
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