Lot 863: Nicolò Lapiccola (1730-1790)

Ten drawings from the Life of Psyche, after Raphael
signed 'Nicolo Lapiccola'
pen and brown and grey ink, watercolor, bodycolor on engraved outlines
13 7/8 x 26 1/4 in. (353 x 665 mm.) (10)

Anonymous Sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 28 June 1962, lots 216-220.

This group of drawings are adaptions of the ceiling decorations at the Villa Farnesina, Rome executed by Guilio Romano after designs by Raffaelo Sanzio.

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