Lot 32: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598-1680 Rome) - Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus

Name: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598-1680 Rome) - Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 47444219bf

Est: $60,000 USD - $80,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 28, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598-1680 Rome)
Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark anchor in a circle
8 ½ x 7 7/8 in. (21.4 x 19.8 cm)

Artist or Maker

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Provenance

with Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon, New York and Rome (Italian Drawings XVI to XVIII Century, 1988, no. 23).

Auction Details

Old Master & British Drawings

Christie's

January 28, 2020, 02:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, NY 10020, US

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