Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Property from the Collection formed by Albin Schram
Lot Closed
July 29, 01:47 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection formed by Albin Schram
GIOVANNI BILIVERT
Florence 1585 - 1644
A WOMAN IN PROFILE SEATED IN A LANDSCAPE
Black chalk, within black chalk framing lines;
bears pen and ink old attribution: Parmigianino
169 by 130 mm
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Albin Schram, Lausanne,
by inheritance to the present owners
The present drawing does not seem to relate to any surviving paintings by the artist. Son of a Flemish goldsmith, Bilivert was trained in Florence in the school of Cigoli, and followed his master to Rome from 1604 to 1608. His graphic style is very recognizable and his use of the chalk is extremely dynamic.
Albin Schram (1926-2005) was a voracious but discerning collector of works on paper and autograph documents. The story goes that his fascination with these records of human interactions and artistic creation was sparked when his mother presented him with a romantic letter written by Napoleon Bonaparte to his future wife Josephine de Beauharnais in an attempt to patch up an argument. The superb collection of late 19th and early 20th century works on paper from the Schram collection, including drawings by artists such as Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, August Macke, Emil Nolde and Alfred Kubin, was sold at Sotheby's last month, under the title: The Artist's Sketchbook: Where Inspiration finds Form.