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
Ubaldo Gandolfi
St. Paul
Auction Closed
January 27, 09:35 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ubaldo Gandolfi
San Matteo della Decima, near Bologna 1728 - 1781 Ravenna
St. Paul
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk;
bears numbering in brown ink, lower right: 258
273 by 184 mm; 10 3/4 by 7 1/4 in
With Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, Old Master Drawings Presented by Yvonne Tan Bunzl, 1968, no. 27;
with Seiferheld & Co., New York;
Christian Humann, New York,
his Estate sale and others, New York, Sotheby's, 12 June 1982, lot 42 (as Gaetano Gandolfi)
with Seiferheld & Co., New York;
Christian Humann, New York,
his Estate sale and others, New York, Sotheby's, 12 June 1982, lot 42 (as Gaetano Gandolfi)
Though it has not been possible, thus far, to connect this drawing to a surviving painting by Ubaldo, it nonetheless epitomizes the artist's graphic style, with his sinuous penwork coupled with the elegant application of brown wash and the skillful use of the white reserves of the sheet to create luminosity, all clearly evident.