Lot 101: Aureliano Milani (Bologna 1675-1749)

Aureliano Milani (Bologna 1675-1749)
The Incorruptibility of Gaius Fabricius
with inscription 'Vanni' (lower left) and with inscription 'Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites [...] Barker Am 1789 March 1841' (on the verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized)
9 7/8 x 14¾ in. (25 x 37.4 cm.)

B. West, P.R.A. (L.419).
W. Esdaile (L.2617), with his attribution 'aureliano' (on the mount) and his initials, date and inscription '1820 WE B West's sale P4 N50' (verso).