Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
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September 20, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Nobleman
AFTER MICHELANGELO
Figure studies from The Conversion of St. Paul, after Michelangelo
Red chalk;
bears numbering in pen and brown ink, lower right: 13 and also bears numbering, lower right, on the album page: 3
245 by 175 mm (drawing)
628 by 480 mm (mount)
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Formerly in a portfolio inscribed 'S.2' with the bookplate of Edward, Earl of Powis (Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis of the third creation (1754-1839)),
thence by inheritance to his second son, Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854), of Oakly Park, Shropshire, M.P. for South Shropshire,
thence by descent to Robert Windsor-Clive (1824-1859) and his son Robert George, Baron Windsor (1859-1923), for whom the earldom of Plymouth was revived in 1905,
thence by descent
After Michelangelo's fresco, The Conversion of St. Paul, in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican City, Rome. The figures depicted here are after the figures to the far right of Michelangelo's fresco.