Lot 220: GIUSEPPE BOTTANI CREMONA 1717 - 1784 MANTUA SIX SHEETS OF FIGURE STUDIES, INCLUDING FEMALE NUDES,

GIUSEPPE BOTTANI CREMONA 1717 - 1784 MANTUA SIX SHEETS OF FIGURE STUDIES, INCLUDING FEMALE NUDES, MALE NUDES, AND DRAPERY

various media: red and white chalk or black and white chalk on paper washed grey and paper washed beige, several bear old attributions to Bottani on the verso

Quantity: 6

CATALOGUE NOTE

These are characteristic studies by Bottani who was a pupil of Masucci in Rome and later became director of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Mantua.

each circa 273 by 410mm