JACOPO BASSANO (CIRCLE OF) (Bassano del Grappa circa 1510-1592 Bassano del Grappa) Two Dogs and a Cat Fighting.
Black, brown and white chalks on bluish gray laid paper. 191x290 mm; 7 1/2x11 1/2 inches. Ex-collection Hans M. Calmann, London; sold Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, December 4, 1973, lot 25 (as attributed to Carletto Caliari). Exhibited, "Master Drawings," Seiferheld Gallery, New York, March 1961.
Published in Eric van Schaack, Master Drawings in Private Collections, New York, 1962.
According to Van Schaack, the current drawing is likely by Carletto Caliari (1570-1596), the youngest son of Paolo Veronese. The drawing is a detail of the three animals in the lower right corner of Veronese's Feast at the House of Simon, 1567-70, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
