Antonio Tempesta
A) St. Benedict receiving the homage of the Pope and of Kings, Knights and Cardinals B) Scene from the Life of Saint Benedict
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September 23, 02:35 PM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Antonio Tempesta
Florence 1555 - 1630 Rome
A) St. Benedict receiving the homage of the Pope and of Kings, Knights and Cardinals
B) Scene from the Life of Saint Benedict
Both pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, within pen and brown ink framing lines, both incised and one drawing reddened on the verso for transfer; both bear numbering in pen and brown ink on the album sheet, upper centre: 1 and 44
each approximately 260 by 194 mm
(2)
Sir John St. Aubyn (L.1534);
William Horatio Crawford, Cork;
F.W. Stevenson, London;
sale, London, Christie's, 4 July 1995, lots 159 and 160
William Horatio Crawford, Cork;
F.W. Stevenson, London;
sale, London, Christie's, 4 July 1995, lots 159 and 160
These two drawings were once part of an album of forty-four drawings illustrating the life of Saint Benedict, many of which are now housed in the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York.
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