Thursday, April 4, 2019

Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729) - Drawings

Marcantonio Franceschini
Three Studies of Kneeling Angels
ca. 1690-1700
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Marcantonio Franceschini
St Sebastian and St Francis with Mary Magdalene and Putti
before 1729
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Marcantonio Franceschini
The Circumcision
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marcantonio Franceschini
Figure of Charity
1714
drawing
British Museum

Marcantonio Franceschini
Figure of Chastity
1714
drawing
British Museum

Marcantonio Franceschini
Abduction of Proserpina
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

from Paradise Lost

                                             Not that faire field
Of Enna, where Proserpin gathering flours
Her self a fairer Floure by gloomie Dis
Was gathered, which cost Ceres all that pain
To seek her through the world . . .

– John Milton (1667)

Marcantonio Franceschini
Half-length Figure-study
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marcantonio Franceschini
Female Allegorical Figure
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marcantonio Franceschini
Male Allegorical Figure
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marcantonio Franceschini
St Luke holding a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
before 1729
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Marcantonio Franceschini
David and Solomon surrounded by Angels
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marcantonio Franceschini
Nymphs and Satyrs dancing
before 1729
drawing
British Museum

Marcantonio Franceschini
Adoration of the Magi
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marcantonio Franceschini
Mercury with the Golden Apple summons the Goddesses to the Judgment of Paris
before 1729
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain