Lot 154: Franz Heinrich (Nachod 1802-1890 Vienna)

The Sala dell'Iliade in the Galleria Palatina at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence
signed 'Franz Heinrich.'
black lead, watercolor, bodycolor heightened with white and yellow bodycolor, on light brown paper
16 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. (419 x 601 mm.)

The Galleria Palatina was opened to the public in 1833 to display the collections of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The ceilings of the Sala dell'Iliade, one of the six main rooms of the gallery, were painted with scenes illustrating Homer by Sabatelli. Visible in the present drawing are, among others, Andrea del Sarto's Assumption of the Virgin, Veronese's Baptism of Christ, and Lorenzo Bartolini's sculpture of Charity.
A drawing by Heinrich of the interior of the Doria Pamphillj Gallery, Rome, was sold Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1982, lot 109.