PORDENONE (Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis)
1483/84-153 9
36 Martyrdom of Saint Peter
Martyr
Red chalk; H: 24.4 cm (9^5 /8in.); W: 20.7 cm (SVs in.)
87.06.91 (SEE COVER)
MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS: At bottom left corner, col-
lection mark of William, second duke of Devonshire
(L. 718); at bottom right corner, collection mark of
Nicholas A. Flinck (L. 959).
PROVENANCE: Nicholas A. Flinck, Rotterdam; William,
second duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth; by descent to
the current duke (sale, Christie's, London, July 6, 1987,
lot 9)-
EXHIBITIONS: Exhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900, Royal
Academy of Arts, London, 1930, no. 673; Old Master
Drawings from Chatsworth, National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C., and other institutions, 1962-63, no.
51 (catalogue by A. E. Popham); Old Master Drawings
from Chatsworth, Royal Academy of Arts, London, July-
August 1969, no. 51 (catalogue by A. E. Popham); The
Genius of Venice 1500-1600, Royal Academy of Arts,
London, November 1983-March 1984, no. 040 (cata-
logue entry by D. Scrase); // Pordenone, San Francesco,
Pordenone, 1984, no. 4.10 (catalogue entry by C. E.
Cohen).
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no. 018.PORDENONE • ITALIAN SCHOOL 97