Lot 75: Abate Stefano Chiereghin (Chioggia 1745-1820)

Abate Stefano Chiereghin (Chioggia 1745-1820)
The Genius of the Adriatic Sea carrying a pinna shell
signed and inscribed 'Ab. Stefano Chiereghin da Chioggia dis. Dell' Adriatico Mar questa di è figlia, Vi porge il Genio mia nova Conchiglia. In segno di vera Stima l'Abb. Stefano Chiereghin' and with number '33' (in the border)
pen and black ink, grey wash, inscribed oval
8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (21.2 x 15 cm.); and Allegory of self-love, illustrating Horace, Satires, I, 3, v. 24, by another hand (2)

Theophil Friedrich Jakob Künhans, Venice.