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Lot 11
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Circle of Hieronymus Cock

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hieronymus Cock
  • Recto: Figures standing amongst Classical sculpturesVerso: A Figure sketching in the Colosseum
  • Pen and brown ink and wash;
    bears numbering in pen and brown ink, upper centre:54 and also bears inscription, lower left: Iandraix (?) also bears three different sets of numbers, verso, one in purple ink: 92, one in blue chalk:322 and one in pen and brown ink: 146

Provenance

Bears unidentifed collectors mark (L.1499);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 October 1976, lot 102 (as Joachim Sandrart)

Condition

Window mounted and hinged at the upper margin. Light scattered foxing throughout the recto and verso. Edges of the sheet, recto, are uneven on the left and right margins. Pen and ink remains strong throughout both recto and verso.
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Catalogue Note

The author of this powerful yet elegant drawing clearly knew Hieronymous Cock's important series of 24 etchings of Roman ruins, published in 1551.1

1.  Hollstein 22-46