Giovanni Battista Naldini (Florence 1537-1591)

Lot 42
08.12.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 106 250
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 465574
Lot 42 | Giovanni Battista Naldini (Florence 1537-1591)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Giovanni Battista Naldini (Florence 1537-1591)

An extensive view of Rome with the Ponte Rotto, seen from the Aventine (recto); Studies after antique wall decorations (verso)

inscribed ‘questo paese si vede’ and with number ‘36’ (recto) and ‘queste grottesche sono a palazo maggioro i[n] una fall [?] di u[n]a grotta di pittura’ (verso)

black chalk, pen and brown ink, traces of red chalk, watermark crossed arrows and a star (cf. Heawood 40, Rome, 1561)

8 ½ x 12 ¾ in. (21.7 x 32.3 cm)

Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
08.12.2020 – 08.12.2020
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
?>