dal Friso - Compositional and Group Figure Studies verso: Group Figure Studies

price: U.S. $8,000

Attributed to ALVISE BENFATTO DAL FRISO

Verona ca. 1544 — 1609 Venice

Compositional and Group Figure Studies
verso: Group Figure Studies

pen & brown ink. 163/4 x 135/8" (424 x 345mm).

provenance:

private collection, N.Y.

This lively draughtsmanship is clearly Venetian, its author greatly influenced by the pen sketches of Paolo Veronese. It is comparable to another drawing of similar subject and technique recently on the art market which was attributed to Alvise by Terence Mullaly.1 Another drawing, though a composition with added brush and wash, inscribed Alvise dal/ Friso and confirmed as such by Mullaly, also bears a likeness.2

Alvise was Veronese's nephew and collaborator. He worked for a long time in Veronese's workshop and like his master, his drawing styles and technique appear to be pretty varied.3

1
Christie's, London, Old Master Drawings, 7 July, 1992, lot 142.
2
Christie's, op.cit., lot 146.
3
See for example, several drawings in Terrance Mullaly, Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento, Vicenze, 1971, cat #'s 118-122, illustrated and Aldo Bertini, I Disegni Italiani della Biblioteca Reale di Torino, Roma , 1958, #'s 159-160.

1	Christie's, London, Old Master Drawings, 7 July, 1992, lot 142.
2	Christie's, op.cit., lot 146.
3	See for example, several drawings in Terrance Mullaly, Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento, Vicenze, 1971, cat #'s 118-122, illustrated and Aldo Bertini, I Disegni Italiani della Biblioteca Reale di Torino, Roma , 1958, #'s 159-160.