Lot 9
  • 9

Milanese School, circa 1500

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • A sheet from a model book: studies of deer and a falcon
  • Point of the brush and brown ink and wash, heightened with beige-yellow, on blue paper

     

  • 11 x 8 inches
  • 281 x 207 mm

Provenance

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 December 2001, lot 99,
where acquired by the late Jan Krugier 

Condition

Hinged at the four corners and on the middle of the right and left margins. Five small thin surface scratches over the animals some not visible. A repair at the top margin, in the middle, and some light staining along the whole margin. Some very light stains also along the left margin. The paper is slightly buckled but still retains the original color. Sold mounted and framed in a modern gilded frame.
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