Giuseppe Passeri

Lot 55: Giuseppe Passeri Rome 1654 - 1714 , study of a kneeling angel

Name: Giuseppe Passeri Rome 1654 - 1714 , study of a kneeling angel
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: mpcoaj2erb

Est: £6,000 GBP - £8,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 04, 2007

Item Overview

Description

pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, heightened with white, over red chalk

Dimensions

measurements note 230 by 145mm

Artist or Maker

Giuseppe Passeri

Exhibited

Ixelles, Musée Communal, de Giorgione à Tiepolo, Dessins italiens du 15e au 18e siècle dans les collections privées et publiques de Belgique , 1993, cat. no. 90, reproduced

Provenance

Probably Comte de Caylus (L.474)

Notes

Dr Dieter Graf identified this drawing as a preparatory study for Passeri's trompe l'oeil decoration, simulating sculpture, around the high altar of San Nicola dei Lorenesi in Rome.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

Sotheby's

July 04, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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