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Description: No watermark. 
Provenance: J.P. Suther (1719-1789) ; E. Perman

Despite a traditional attribution to this artist, the sheet was exhibited at Venice in 1974, on the advice of R. Pallucchini, under the name of Balestra.

We are, however, inclined to return to the old attribution to Carpioni. This drawing provides associations above all with two bacchanalia in the Uffizi. As compositions these pictures are related to a Roman tradition (Reni, Poussin). Carpioni´s representation of figures is characteristic, with soft, rounded lines and patches of accents. He also has a personal way of doing features summarily with a few strokes and dots. His putti likewise have a character of their own.

Our drawing is for a ceiling, with an iconography that suggests Venice, as does its luminosity.  [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 130]

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