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285William BlakeThe Gambols of Ghosts according with their Affections previous to the Final JudgementLOT SOLD.722,500USD -
243Benedetto LutiAllegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin VLOT SOLD.302,500USD -
298Jan van HuysumRoses and other flowers in an open-weave basketLOT SOLD.122,500USD -
266Jean Auguste Dominique IngresThe architect Guillaume Edouard AllaisLOT SOLD.104,500USD -
257Jean-Honoré FragonardScene from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso: Alcina flees after being worsted in naval combatLOT SOLD.80,500USD
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Immediately following the sale of the splendid collection of Giancarlo Baroni, this wide-ranging auction of drawings from the 16th to the early 19th centuries is no less rich and varied.
The two undisputed stars are the drawings by Rubens and Blake - each as powerful and passionate as the other, but in every other respect utterly different. The young Rubens seems to have made his strikingly modern sheet of anatomical studies in connection with an ultimately unrealised project for an anatomy book. He was very likely inspired by seeing a group of anatomical drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, yet how very different is his dramatic approach, when compared with Leonardo’s meticulous, scientific studies. The superb watercolour by Blake is one of a series of magnificently imaginative works made to illustrate a once celebrated epic poem, The Grave, by Robert Blair, drawings that were famously rediscovered in a small Scottish bookshop in 2001.
Other highlights include a fine, and extremely rare, large, finished watercolour by Jan van Huysum and Luti's great design for his elaborate ceiling painting of 1700 in Rome’s Palazzo Colonna.
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