- 635
Circle of Luca Cambiaso
Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Luca Cambiaso
- Venus and Cupid resting in a landscape
- pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk within brown ink framing lines
- 8 5/8 by 12 in.; 30.5 by 21.9 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, March 6, 1973, lot 307.
Condition
Window mounted. Overall in very good condition. There is an old crease in the paper running horizontally just above the figures of Venus and Cupid. Medium remains fresh.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Cambiaso visits the subject of Venus and Cupid numerous times in both his drawings and paintings. There is a very similar drawing of the same subject in the Duke of Devonshire's Collection.1
1. B.S. Manning and W. Suida, Luca Cambiaso La Vita e Le Opere, Milan 1958, fig. 342.