$2,133
Lot of Four Drawings: Italian School, 17th Century Style, Madonna and Child with St. Cecelia , unsigned, inscribed "Madonna & St. Cecelia/Richard Cosway" in pencil on the reverse, ink on paper, sheet size 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (16.8 x 12.6 cm), unmatted, unframed; French School, 18th Century, Satyr with Retinue , unsigned, ink and wash on paper, sheet size 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (15.0 x 21.1 cm), unmatted, unframed; Florentine School, 16th Century, Fragment of a Drawing of a Woman , unsigned, bears attribution to Giorgio Vasari on a label on the recto and in pencil on the reverse, sheet size approximately 9 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (24.2 x 11.2 cm), partially affixed to backing board, unframed; Italian School, 17th/18th Century, Figures of a Man and Woman , pen and ink, unsigned, sheet size 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.5 cm), matted, framed. Condition: Toning, creasing, rippling, soiling, paper loss. St. Cecelia drawing may possibly have been in the collection of Richard Cosway (British 1742-1821). St. Cecelia with losses in the lower corners and two small holes l.c., and spots of glue residue on the reverse. Satyr with paper losses in the upper corners.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-07-10
