Lot 145: LUIGI VALADIER (1726 - 1785) AND WORKSHOP | An enclosure for a Monstrance, with Corinthian columns, figures symbolising the Trinity and angels

Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, mounted on album page;
scale in black chalk at lower margin, inscribed with numbers 1-10, in black chalk, along the left margin and inscribed in black chalk, lower centre: et cet echelle est pour les figures parceque ils sont trouvées trop grandes

725 by 515 mm

Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, mounted on album page;<br />scale in black chalk at lower margin, inscribed with numbers 1-10, in black chalk, along the left margin and inscribed in black chalk, lower centre:  <em>et cet echelle est pour les figures parceque ils sont trouvées trop grandes</em>

Laid down on album page. Some staining around the edges of the sheet. Uneven at the left margin. Overall in good condition - pen and ink and wash strong and vibrant. Sold in a modern frame.
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With Artemis Group, David Carritt Limited, London, Valadier: Three Generations of Roman Goldsmiths: An Exhibition of Drawings and Works of Art, 1991, p. 176 album no. 78