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ANTONIO CIMATORI called IL VISACCIO (Urbino circa 1550 - Rimini 1623) CHRIST ON THE CROSS
Black chalk, on buff paper, backed, 354 x 236 mm. PROVENANCE: De Valori (Lugt 2500), J. Woodner. LITERATURE: Woodner Collection 1, A selection of Old Master Drawings before 1700, The William H. Schab Gallery, New York 1971, no. 39, (as Naldini). For examples of Visaccio's draughtsmanship see Catherine Monbeig Goguel, 'Les deux 'Antonio da Urbino', eleves De Barocci,' in 'Dal disegno all'opera compiuta', Perugia, 1992; pp. 109-122.

Much of Cimatori's career was spent under the protection of the della Rovere dukes of Urbino. He is documented in Rome, Pesaro, Urbino and Rimini.