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Gherardo Cibo
Estimate
12,000 - 16,000 GBP
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Description
- Gherardo Cibo
- A landscape with a river running through a forest with figures, cows and a small house in the background
- Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on blue paper
Provenance
Denys Sutton, London,
by descent to the present owner
by descent to the present owner
Condition
Laid down on japan paper. All corners missing and made up. On the left upper edge the restoration is running down for about 9 cm. A tear and small losses repaired towards the margin to the right at the centre. Some creases to the lower left at the end of the tree trunk. Some rubbing on the right margin. A small blue stain in the mid of the group of shrubs. Sold in a modern wooden frame.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This unusually large and very atmospheric drawing is characteristic in style and media of the work of Cibo. His drawings were previously attributed to a variety of northern artists and then to Messer Ulisse Severino da Cingoli, but Arnold Nesselrath discovered the true identity of the artist, who was from an aristocratic Genoese family.1 He studied in Bologna and Rome, and travelled in Germany and other places north of the Alps, which perhaps accounts for the northern qualities evident in his drawings. He finally settled in Rocca Contrada on the Ligurian coast. Also a botanist and a musician, Cibo could, as Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi wrote '...be considered as the very embodiment of that fascinating Renaissance ideal - the "artist-scientist-dilettante."'2
1. A. Nesselrath, Gherardo Cibo, exhib. cat., San Severino Marche, 1989
2. L. Tongiorgi Tomasi, 'Gherardo Cibo: visions of landscape...', Journal of Garden History, vol. 9, no. 4, 1989, p. 215