Lot 32: Attributed to Luigi Valadier I (Italian 1726-1785)

Attributed to Luigi Valadier I or a Follower (Italian, 1726-1785), "Design for a Reliquary or Monstrance", c. 1775/1800, layout in geometric strokes of very light graphite, execution in ink and ink wash, on cream-colored paper with highly elaborate watermark of a shield (with letters V & K / W in superimposed X's), as well as a countermark (of letters B v K & A I W), positioned on the vertical axis at 90º to the design; unsigned, 16 7/8 in. x 9 1/16 in., in a modern mount, numbered 29046