$584
Attributed to Egisto Rossi (Italian, c. 1824-1899) Seated Mother and Child Unsigned, with two collector's stamps related to Egisto Rossi. Sanguine on laid, watermarked paper, sheet size 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (26.7 x 19.4 cm), matted, unframed. Condition: Tear to u.l. corner, vertical central crease, handling creases, toning, sheet taped to window mat around the perimeter of the reverse. N.B. Egisto Rossi was an artist, collector, and dealer in Old Master drawings. He is known to have made copies and "creative adaptations" of Old Master drawings, sometimes for nefarious purposes. He trained as an artist under the Italian sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). An informative essay on Egisto Rossi's activity as a forger of drawings was written by Roberta J.M. Olson and published by the Master Drawings Association in 1982. ( Master Drawings , Vol. 20, NO. 2 [Summer, 1982], pp. 149-156+202-213)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-07-18
