Lot 167: Giovanni Antonio Burrini Bologna 1656 - 1727 , a caricature of a seated prelate conversing with another man pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Name: Giovanni Antonio Burrini Bologna 1656 - 1727 , a caricature of a seated prelate conversing with another man pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 30zgqc6bi7

Est: £3,000 GBP - £4,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 04, 2007

Item Overview

Description

pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Dimensions

measurements note 255 by 191mm

Artist or Maker

Gian Antonio Burrini

Provenance

Wilhelm Koenig (L.2653b)

Notes

A comparable caricature by the artist is in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and another was sold at Christie's, London in 1971.υ1 1. See E. Riccòmini, Giovanni Antonio Burrini, Bologna 1999, nos. 25-6, pp. 226-7, figs. 121-122.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

Sotheby's

July 04, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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