Prospero Fontana

Lot 4: Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597)

Name: Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 8bb8577f69

Est: $7,000 USD - $10,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 30, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597) >The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs <br>pen and brown ink, brown wash >7 x 11Â¼ in. (17.9 x 28.6 cm.) <br>

Artist or Maker

Prospero Fontana

Literature

F. HÃ¤rb, 'Prospero Fontana alias Giorgio Vasari: Collaboration and the limits of authorship', Actes du Colloque, Francesco Salviati e la bella maniera, Rome, 2001, p. 583, under nt. 24 (as attributable to Prospero Fontana).

Provenance

Marcel Puech (his mark, not in Lugt). >Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 January 1996, lot 33 (as Perino del Vaga).
Jak Katalan; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 29.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

Christie's

January 30, 2014, 12:00 AM EST

502 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, US

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