From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
Francesco Fontebasso
Sheet of hand studies
Auction Closed
January 27, 09:35 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
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Francesco Fontebasso
Venice 1707 - 1769
Sheet of hand studies
Black and white chalk on blue-gray paper
412 by 264 mm; 16 1/4 by 10 1/2 in
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1977, lot 144 (as Attributed to Georg Anton Urlaub);
with Pietro Scarpa, Venice;
with Mia Weiner, New York,
where acquired, 1990
Most probably studies for a painting or perhaps a studio exercise, the mise-en-page created here is perhaps unconsciously pleasing, not least thanks to the effect of the chalks set against the blue paper.
Another similar sheet of studies was with Jean-Luc Baroni in 2005.1
1. Jean Luc Baroni Ltd., An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, New York and London, 2005, cat. no. 27