Siena 1600 - Drawing Of A Procession Banner

Sienese School circa 1600, workshop of Alessandro CASOLANI
Recto-verso studies for a processional banner: Saint Augustine in glory; The distribution of rosaries to Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Dominic
Pen and brown ink wash over black chalk sketch
22 x 15.6 cm - 36.2 x 30.4 cm - 52.5 cm
Mounted on a base
Annotated at the bottom center "Del Cigoli" and on the reverse "Di Lodovico cigoli"
Small holes, horizontal fold, stains

Provenance:
- Remarkable album, probably compiled in the 19th century, containing numerous drawings by great masters of all periods (including Champaigne, Peter Candid, Voët, Géricault and Beccafumi), which was dismantled during the 20th century.

A preparatory drawing for a processional banner (probably commissioned by a lay confraternity linked to the Augustinians of Siena), as evidenced by the border and the rods the artist drew on the upper part of the image of Saint Augustine/Doctor of the Church. On the reverse, the composition combines two iconographies: the distribution of rosaries and the Virgin of Mercy.

Probably created during the Holy Year or "Jubilee" of 1600 or 1625. It is more closely related to the work of the Rustici brothers: Francesco (of whom a banner is still known to exist) and Vincenzo (a similar drawing is currently in a French private collection).

I thank Professors Chapell and Ciampolini for our discussions.

Research file available upon request.

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