Lot 131: JOHANN PAUL SCHOR INNSBRUCK 1615 - 1674 ROME A TRIUMPHAL ARCH WITH A ROMAN EMPEROR ON A QUADRIGA

JOHANN PAUL SCHOR INNSBRUCK 1615 - 1674 ROME A TRIUMPHAL ARCH WITH A ROMAN EMPEROR ON A QUADRIGA SURROUNDED BY LEGIONARIES

bears old attribution on the recto and on the backing sheet: Ciro Ferri


point of the brush and coloured washes over black chalk

CATALOGUE NOTE

The attribution to Schor was proposed by Nicholas Turner on stylistic grounds. This drawing can be closely compared with two studies in the British Museum, also drawn with the point of the brush although just with grey wash (see N. Turner, Roman Baroque Drawings c.1620 to c.1700, London 1999, vol. I, pp. 194-95, nos. 290 -91, and vol. II, reproduced 290-91). It is interesting to note the old attribution to Ciro Ferri who was, like Schor, working with Pietro da Cortona. Schor executed fresco decorations under the direction of Cortona in the Palazzo del Quirinale (1656). Schor is generally associated with elaborate decorative projects such as the designs for the coaches of Queen Christina of Sweden (1655).

308 by 228mm