Old Master and British Works on Paper

Old Master and British Works on Paper

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Ater Michelangelo Buonarroti

Orpheus between Life and Death

Lot Closed

January 26, 08:24 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

After Michelangelo Buonarroti 

Orpheus between Life and Death


Black chalk;

bears old numbering and attribution in Greek, in brown ink, lower left: No 65 Michelangelo Buonarroti and a further old attribution, lower centre: Michel Buonar

bears further numbering in brown ink, lower centre: 79 and upper right: 52

325 by 258 mm; 12⅞ by 10⅛ in.

The Greek inscription collector (L.4527);
An unidentified collectors mark (L.4528) with accompanying numbering: 142;
Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364);
with Pace Master Prints, New York, by 1989,
where acquired by the present owner