Lot 110
  • 110

Attributed to Niccolò Martinelli, called Il Trometta

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Niccolò Martinelli, called Il Trometta
  • The Triumph of Scipio Africanus, after Giulio Romano
  • Pen and brown ink and wash heightened with white, on blue paper;
    bears an illegible inscription in brown ink, lower left: .... 82(?) Giulio(?)
  • 14 x 10 5/8 inches

Provenance

Bears unidentified collector's mark (letters D.H.H.F. in a rectangle, stamped in black ink, verso; not in Lugt)

Condition

Hinge mounted. There is evidence of some very minor surface dirt and foxing to areas of the sheet and some wrinkling to the edges. Otherwise in very good condition, with the medium strong throughout and the paper still blue. Sold in a giltwood frame.
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Catalogue Note

This drawing records a section from one of Giulio Romano's modelli for the series of tapestry cartoons representing The Triumph of Scipio Africanus.Stylistically the handling of the winged putto in the upper left of the present sheet is very close to the work of Niccolò Trometta.

1.  F. Hartt, Giulio Romano, 2 vols., New Haven 1958, no. 260, fig. 475