Follower of Simone Cantarini, Italian 1612-1648- Sketch... Lot 102

Follower of Simone Cantarini, Italian 1612-1648- Sketch of cherubs in flight; pencil, pen, and brown ink on paper, 17.7 x 24.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work recalls Cantarini's sketches, which are defined by their loose, free handling, imparting the works with a sense of movement and spontaneity, as in the artist's study of Madonna and Child with angels and putto in the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, and in his Study of the Madonna and Child adored by saints in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art [2012.58.135].