Antonio (1625) Busca

Lot 85: ANTONIO BUSCA

Name: ANTONIO BUSCA
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: 9a6r5hvwvu

Est: $600 USD - $900 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USJanuary 23, 2003

Item Overview

Description

(Milan 1625-1684 Milan)
Study of a Prophet.

Black and white chalk on grayish tan laid paper mounted on laid paper. 208x156 mm; 8 1/4x6 1/8 inches. With attributions to Busca in pen and black ink, lower left recto, and pencil, lower right recto.

A student of Ercole Procaccini, Busca traveled to Rome in 1650-51 with Giovanni Ghisolfi and came under the influence of Pietro da Cortona.

The current drawing is a design for a pendentive. Busca painted frescoes with prophets and angels in the cupola of the family chapel in San Vittore al Corpo at Milan in 1669. Ugo Ruggeri published 2 drawings by Busca in Disegni lombardi, Venice, 1982, nos. 148 and 149.

Artist or Maker

Antonio (1625) Busca

Auction Details

OLD MASTER DRAWINGS

Swann Auction Galleries

January 23, 2003, 12:00 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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