Jean-Robert Ango

Lot 138: Jean-Robert Ango (active Rome 1760-1773)

Name: Jean-Robert Ango (active Rome 1760-1773)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: ca5d2d0b00

Est: £700 GBP - £1,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 16, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Jean-Robert Ango (active Rome 1760-1773)
The prophet Isaiah, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, after Michelangelo
red chalk, watermark shield surmounted by a cardinal's hat
14½ x 11¾ in. (38.1 x 30.7 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Jean-Robert Ango

Literature

L.A. Prat and L. Lhinares, Histoire des collections du musée du Louvre: La collection Chennevières: Quatre siècles de dessins français, Paris, 2007, p. 491, no. 1060a.

Provenance

Bears the mount-maker's dry stamp 'ARD' (L. 172).
Marquis P. de Chennevières (L. 2072).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 January 1991, lot 196.

Notes

Another drawing by Ango after the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, showing The Delphic Sibyl, was sold in these Rooms on 4 July 2006, lot 103.

Auction Details

Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr NC

Christie's

July 16, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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