MARCANTONIO BASSETTI (Verona 1586-1630 Verona) The Adoration of the Golden Calf.
Pen and black ink and brown wash and black chalk on cream laid paper. 247x310 mm; 9 3/4x12 1/4 inches.
Provenance: Private collection, Massachusetts.
This drawing appears to be a study for the same-titled oil painting, attributed to Bassetti, that is now the collection of Hatchlands Park, Surrey (inventory number 1166827). This painting was based on Tintoretto's oil painting of the same subject for the church of the Madonna dell'Orto, Venice.
