GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BERTANI (1516-1576) - photo 1

GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BERTANI (1516-1576)

Lot 51
24.01.2023 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 10 080
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 887640
Lot 51 | GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BERTANI (1516-1576)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BERTANI (1516-1576)

The Judgment of Paris

engraving, 1555, on laid paper, without watermark, a brilliant, tonal impression of the very rare second state (of three), printing richly and darkly, with intense contrasts and remarkable three-dimensionality, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, fractionally inside the subject at centre left and upper corners, several repaired tears, paper splits and other defects

Sheet 396 x 526 mm.





Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (Lugt 2364), his mark on separate paper square attached to the mount.

Arthur Melville Champernowne (1871-1946), Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon (Lugt 153).

A Family Collection, USA; probably acquired at Bassenge, Berlin, in 1979.



Literature

Bartsch 60; Lewis & Lewis 16
Artist:Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582)
Applied technique:Engraving
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Mythological painting
Place of origin:Italy
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