Prospero Fontana

Lot 49: Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597)

Name: Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 464e6d6194

Est: $15,000 USD - $20,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 26, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597)
The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs
pen and brown ink, brown wash
7 x 11¼ in. (17.9 x 28.6 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Prospero Fontana

Literature

F. Härb, '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, New York; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 29.

Notes

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Auction Details

Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors

Christie's

January 26, 2012, 12:00 AM EST

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

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