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Lot 68: Giovanni Maria Viani (Bologna 1636-1700)

Est: $8,000 USD - $12,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 25, 2005

Item Overview

Description

The Madonna holding the Infant Christ standing on her lap
black chalk, pastel, the tip of the upper left corner cut
16 3/4 x 12 in. (423 x 306 mm.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

A study for the picture painted for Ferdinando de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and now in the Uffizi (G. Foglia and G. Morganti, 'Giovanni Maria Viani', Paragone, November 1978, 345, pp. 45-53, pl. 40). The picture was dated by Evelina Borea to the last years of Viani's life (E. Borea, Pittori Bolognesi del Seicento nelle Gallerie di Firenze, Florence, 1975, no. 161).

Auction Details

Old Master & 19th Century Drawings

by
Christie's
January 25, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US