Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Property from the Collection of Professor James Fenton
Attributed to Battista Franco, called il Semolei
Recto: A design for two architectural niches Verso: A woman riding a satyr with a bacchanal with putti below
Lot Closed
January 26, 08:19 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Professor James Fenton
Attributed to Battista Franco, called il Semolei
Venice 1510-1561
Recto: A design for two architectural niches
Verso: A woman riding a satyr with a bacchanal with putti below
Pen and brown ink and wash (recto and verso);
inscribed in brown ink, recto: se' questo / ordino / a confrata / rsi (?) / (?) i suoi / partiti
296 by 280 mm; 11⅝ by 11 in.
Sale, New York, Christie's, 26 January 2011, lot 254 (as Circle of Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei)