ID 991699
Lot 34 | BENEDETTO LUTI (FLORENCE 1666-1724 ROME)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
God cursing Cain after the murder of Abel
black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidised), on buff paper, partly squared for transfer in red chalk, watermark anchor in circle topped with a star
50.1 x 33 cm (19 3/4 x 13 in.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 March 2001, lot 33.
with Flavia Ormond, London (Master Drawings 1500-1895, 2002, no. 7, ill.).
Private collection, U.S.A.
Literature
R. Maffeis, Benedetto Luti. L’ultimo maestro, Florence, 2012, pp. 222-224, under no. I.6, ill. (as attributed to Luti).
Exhibited
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection, 2009, no. 128, ill. (essay by Clifford S. Ackley).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Benedetto Luti (1666 - 1724) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Artist: | Benedetto Luti (1666 - 1724) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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