ID 587748
Lot 48 | GIOVANNI ALBERTI (BORGO SAN SEPOLCRO 1558-1601 ROME)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
Design for a decorative frieze with the emblem of Pope Sixtus V, and allegorical figures including Astronomy, flanked by putti (recto); An architectural study (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, red chalk (recto); black chalk (verso), watermark (fragment)
7 ½ x 21 ¾ in. (19 x 55 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Prato, by 1984.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 January 1997, lot 24 (as Cherubino Alberti).
with Kate de Rothschild, London; from whom acquired in 1997 by the present owner.
Literature
K. Herrmann-Fiore, Disegni degli Alberti, Rome, 1984, p. 105, under no. 48, fig. rif. 48.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Sale room notice
Please note this lot is offered without reserve and will be sold to the highest bidder regardless of the pre-sale estimate in the catalogue.
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