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Gaetano Gandolfi
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Gaetano Gandolfi
- Study of five young women, head and shoulders, with elaborately dressed hair
- Pen and brown ink;
bears attribution in pen and brown ink, lower right: Mauro Gandolfi - 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches
Provenance
London, P. and D. Colnaghi & Co., Master Drawings, presented by Jean-Luc Baroni, 1988, no. 39, reproduced (as Mauro Gandolfi);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 1997, lot 40
sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 1997, lot 40
Literature
D. Biagi Maino, 'Gaetano Gandolfi's 'Capricci' of heads: drawings and engravings,' The Burlington Magazine, CXXXVI, June 1994, pp. 378-9, fig. 57
Condition
Laid down. A very little surface dirt, and one or two tiny repairs at left edge, but overall condition very good and 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
Although previously thought to be by Mauro Gandolfi, this attractive composition was decisively reattributed to his father Gaetano by Biagi Maino (op.cit.). It was engraved, in reverse, by Luigi Tadolini as plate 17 in his album entitled Raccolta di Teste pittoriche inventate e disegnate a penna dal Sig. G. Gandolfi Accademico Clementina, a copy of which is in the Bibliothèque d'Art et d'Archéologie Jacques Doucet, Paris. Biagi Maino suggests that it might be dated to 1785.