Lot 64: AURELIANO MILANI(attr.) Zenobia and Alexander

AURELIANO MILANI(attr.)
Zenobia and Alexander
Black pen on paper
It can be dated between the first and second decade of the 18th century. The drawing reveals the artist's thin and elegant line during the period when he was working in the Gal- lery of Mirrors at Doria Pamphili Palace in Rome with the Stories of Hercules and the Allegories of the Liberal Arts.
It's a preparatory study for an unknown alterpiece elaborated with the criterion of the refusal of pagan idols' cult and consequent martyrdom frequently found in the Roman art of the first quarter of the 18th century.
312 x 210 mm

312 x 210 mm

Black pen on paper