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AURELIO LUINI | Two studies of heads: one frontal the other in profile
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Aurelio Luini
- Two studies of heads: one frontal the other in profile
- Pen and brown ink and (added) grey-green wash, and red chalk. Irregularly cut at the top;bears old attribution in pen and brown ink: Harolio louino.
- 93 by 90 mm
Provenance
Bears unidentified collector's mark;
Giorgio Neerman
Giorgio Neerman
Literature
G. Bora, 'Un ciclo di affreschi, due artisti e una bottega a S. Maria di Campagna a Pallanza', Arte Lombarda, no. 52 (1979), p. 93, reproduced fig. 7;
L. Tantardini, The Brothers Luini: Aurelio, Giovan Pietro and Evangelista. With a complete catalogue of their drawings and paintings' (Phd. Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014), vol. II, cat. DA 170, reproduced
L. Tantardini, The Brothers Luini: Aurelio, Giovan Pietro and Evangelista. With a complete catalogue of their drawings and paintings' (Phd. Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014), vol. II, cat. DA 170, reproduced
Condition
Window mounted on a square piece of old paper hinged at the top. The shape is irregular has seen in the image in the catalogue. The green wash appears to have been added, the grey wash below seems original. The media is strong. The drawing is mounted.
"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.
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"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
We are indebted to Lucia Tantardini for the following information. The attribution to Luini was first proposed by Philip Pouncey. As noted by Giulio Bora in Arte Lombarda, this drawing is most probably related to the heads of the two apostles on the lower left of the Assumption of the Virgin, in the monastery of Santa Maria Assunta, Cairate, a work frescoed by Luini in 1560. Although in the fresco the order of the heads is reversed and, instead of looking straight ahead, the head on the lower right is foreshortened and looks heavenward.
Bora, and recently Tantardini, have also observed the link between the present sheet and the same heads of the apostles in the Assumption of the Virgin at the Madonna di Campagna, Pallanza, in 1576-77. A dating to circa 1560 has been proposed by Lucia Tantardini for the present sheet, which will be included in the forthcoming publication: L. Tantardini, Aurelio Luini 1530-1593. The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Rome, ed. Ugo Bozzi).
Bora, and recently Tantardini, have also observed the link between the present sheet and the same heads of the apostles in the Assumption of the Virgin at the Madonna di Campagna, Pallanza, in 1576-77. A dating to circa 1560 has been proposed by Lucia Tantardini for the present sheet, which will be included in the forthcoming publication: L. Tantardini, Aurelio Luini 1530-1593. The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Rome, ed. Ugo Bozzi).