ID 1250708
Lot 60 | ANTONIO FANTUZZI (ACTIVE 1537-1550) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
Combat of Gladiators
etching
circa 1542-43
on laid paper, watermark Small Circle (Jenkins fig. 4.1)
a fine and strong, strictly contemporary impression of this very rare etching, printed in brownish-black ink
with many wiping marks and plate impurities
trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline above and at right, to or just outside the subject at right and below
a skilfully restored paper loss at upper left, other restorations elsewhere
Sheet 307 x 435 mm.
Literature
Bartsch 5; Zerner, Jenkins AF 13
| Artist: | Antonio Fantuzzi (1510 - 1550) Giulio Romano (1499 - 1546) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Artist: | Antonio Fantuzzi (1510 - 1550) Giulio Romano (1499 - 1546) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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