Lot 154
  • 154

Italian School Early 18th Century

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • a stage design with a military encampment outside an oriental walled city
  • Pen and brown ink and grey wash; on two sheets of paper, joined vertically

Provenance

J.H. Mellaart, Limburg, 1956

Condition

Unframed. The drawing is made up from two seperate sheets, joined vertically on the reverse. There are some small fox marks at the upper left, and at the lower part of the sheet, and also a small brown splash stain at the lower right. Some slight grey marks in the upper centre, but overall the condition is fine and the medium is still strong.
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