Lot 71: Franz Xavier Wagenschön (Littisch 1726-1790 Prague)

Antiochus and Stratonice; Alexander the Great and the Family of Darius; The Continence of Scipio; and Antiochus III and the Priestess of Diana
with numbers '5', '6', '7' and '8'
black chalk, brush and grey wash, squared in black chalk, watermark small posthorn, arched
7 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (198 x 324 mm.); 7 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (193 x 383 mm.); 7 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (190 x 313 mm.) and 8 x 12 1/8 in. (203 x 308 mm.) (4)

The attribution to Wagenschön was confirmed to the previous owner by Professor Dr Lubomir Slavicek. The four scenes are derived, with notable elements of subjective interpretation, from Cornelis Bloemaert's engravings after Pietro da Cortona's frescoes in the Sala di Venere in the Palazzo Pitti. Wagenschön's work shows a strong Italian influence imparted by Michelangelo Unterperger, his teacher at the Academy in Vienna.

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