Lot 46: GIOVANNI PAOLO SCHOR (attr.) Study for a figure of Aeneas, overleaf architectural study

GIOVANNI PAOLO SCHOR (attr.)
Study for a figure of Aeneas, overleaf architectural study
Ink and watercolour on paper
The sheet has a clear Cortona's lode, even though it is not ascribable directly to the master but to Schor who was a well-known col- laborator of Pietro da Cortona in the famous cycle, recently restored, of Alessandro VII Gallery at Quirnale. A sheet which has been on the market this year inspires a very remarkable comparison, it is a study for the Apparition of Mary in the sky (Sale Viterberg Kunst, Heidelberg, on 25th April 2015, 21 x 11 cm) which shows, in the absolute classicist elegance of the figures' poses just like in our Aeneas proceeding solemnly, a fragment of Cortona's originality characterised by a sharp line which attenuates Da Cortona's extreme softness.
Overleaf, we can notice a very interesting study for a spiral column which seems to refer to one of the columns of the canopy by Ber- nini in St. Peter's church.
184 x 222 mm

184 x 222 mm

Ink and watercolour on paper