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Ercole Setti
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description
- Ercole Setti
- The Holy Family with the Infant St. John
- Pen and brown ink;bears old attribution, verso: Perino 3.1 and an old numbering in red ink, verso: No. 608(?)
- 125 by 108 mm; 4 7/8 by 4¼ in
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely (L.2092);
Thomas Banks (L.2434);
A. Poynter;
R.G. Matthews;
Sir Robert Mond (L.2813a);
Mrs Fitt Brackley
with P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., 1967
Thomas Banks (L.2434);
A. Poynter;
R.G. Matthews;
Sir Robert Mond (L.2813a);
Mrs Fitt Brackley
with P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., 1967
Literature
T. Borenius, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters, formed by Sir Robert Mond, London 1937, p. 24, no. 91 (as Attributed to Battista Franco)
Condition
Laid down on a thin sheet of paper which has subsequently been window mounted on an old mount. There is some minor discolouration to the sheet and an old stain to the upper right corner. The pen and ink medium remains relatively strong throughout. Sold in a wooden frame.
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
The Modenese painter Ercole Setti drew considerably on Roman Mannerist examples, and especially that of Perino del Vaga, whose graphic style clearly informs the present sheet. In all Setti's drawings the pen is used in the same way, with characteristically delicate lines, and a similar manner of describing the eyes. The present sheet can best be compared with three drawings, from an album of 125 black chalk drawings of tradesmen and market scenes, now dismantled.1 Here, the lines are more impulsive and fluid than in some of Setti's drawings, which can be drier and more stylized, and may perhaps have been made as preparatory studies for engravings. 1. F. Zava Boccazzi, 'An unpublished Album of Drawings by Ercole Setti', Master Drawings, Vol. VI, (1968), no. 4, pls. 7-9