Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
A) A Man Sounding a Trumpet B) Saint John the Baptist C) An abduction D) Saint Christopher and the Christ Child
Lot Closed
September 23, 01:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Antonio del Castillo
Córdoba 1603/1616 - 1667/1668
A) A Man Sounding a Trumpet
B) Saint John the Baptist
C) An abduction
D) Saint Christopher and the Christ Child
All pen and brown ink;
all bear inscriptions and numbering: A) lower left: Castillo and numbering, lower right: 56; B) lower left: Castillo and numbering, upper right: 37; C) upper centre: Castillo and numbering upper right: 34 and lower right: 32; D) upper centre: Castillo and numbering upper right: 33 and B, C and D bear inscriptions in Spanish, verso
each 145 by 100 mm
(4)
These interesting studies, illustrating a mix of secular and religious subjects, appear to all come from the same album, judging by the size, inscriptions and numbering that is present on all sheets.
Another five sheets from the same album, depicting various figure studies, also from the collection of Stirling-Maxwell and part of the Apelles group were exhibited in 2002 in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias.1
Comparable figure studies, executed in pen and brown ink with similar handling and technique, were offered and sold in these Rooms in 1986, 1992 and 2005.2
1. Dibujos Españoles del Siglo de Oro, exhib. cat., Asturias, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, July - September 2002, no. 33
2. Sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 2005, lot 134; sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 December 1992, lot 55; Sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June, 1986, lot 166