Collection Robert Lebel: Old Master and 19th-century Drawings

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Lot 18
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Agostino Buonamico, dit Agostino Tassi

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Agostino Buonamico, dit Agostino Tassi
  • Recto: Vue d'un château en ruine, avec une figure assise au premier plan;Verso: Esquisse architecturale avec trois figures

  • Porte des numéros à l'encre brune, au centre à droite: 13, et au lavis gris, en bas à gauche: 15

  • Plume et encre brune (recto et verso), lavis gris (recto);
     

Provenance

Leonardo Scaglia;
Vente, Sotheby's Londres, 8 juillet 1964, lot 40

Literature

P. Cavazzini, 'Agostino Tassi reassessed : a newly discovered album of drawings', in Paragone, no. 32, juillet 2000, p. 17, recto reproduit fig. 7

Condition

The catalogue illustration is accurate. There are glue marks in the upper part and the remains of old hinges are visible on the back. A small 0,5cm tear lower centre.
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Catalogue Note

Cette étude fit partie d'un album vendu chez Sotheby's en 1964 et dispersé par la suite. L'album consistait essentiellement en une série de dessins décoratifs et de paysages et fut attribué à l'époque à un artiste travaillant dans l'entourage de Tassi. L'article de Patrizia Cavazzini clarifie l'ancienne provenance de Leonardo Scaglia et attribue la grande majorité des feuilles de l'album à Tassi.1  Elle précise que les dessins restants ont peut-être été ajoutés comme 'fondi di bottega', et que certaines pages avaient également fait partie d'autres albums, car plusieurs d'entre elles portent un second numéro de page dans le coin, telle que l'oeuvre que nous présentons. Cavazzini date ce dessin vers 1640 et écrit à ce sujet: 'Le flux légèrement vibrant de la plume au recto s'explique peut-être par l'âge avancé de Tassi et ses problèmes de goutte'.

1. Voir Bibliographie


RECTO: A VIEW OF A RUINED CASTLE, WITH A SEATED FIGURE IN THE FOREGROUND;
VERSO: A SLIGHT ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH WITH THREE FIGURES

Pen and brown ink (recto and verso), grey wash (recto);
bears numbering in brown ink, centre right: 13, and in grey wash, lower left: 15

This study was once part of an album sold at Sotheby's in 1964 and subsequently dispersed.  The album consisted mainly of decorative and landscape drawings and was attributed at the time to an artist working in the circle of Tassi.  However, Patrizia Cavazzini's recent article clarified the old provenance of Leonardo Scaglia and attributed the majority of the sheets in the album to Tassi himself.1   She writes that the remainder are perhaps 'fondi di bottega', and that some pages were once part of different albums, due to the fact that many, including the present sheet, carry a second page number in the corner.  Cavazzini dates the drawing to circa 1640, and writes: 'The slightly tremulous flow of the pen on the recto is perhaps due to Tassi's advancing age and problems with gout'.

1. See Literature