Lot 120: LUIGI VALADIER | A trembleuse with a beaker and cup, and a detail of the stand, with alternatives, in rococo style

Pen and dark brown ink and wash over black chalk, mounted on album page;
signed and inscribed in pen and brown ink lower left: Luigi Valadier argentiere a S. Luigi de Francesi

336 by 239 mm

Pen and dark brown ink and wash over black chalk, mounted on album page;<br />signed and inscribed in pen and brown ink lower left: <em>Luigi Valadier argentiere a S. Luigi de Francesi</em>

Laid down on album sheet. Album sheet has been cut down (it originally had three separate sheets mounted on it). In good condition. Some light staining around the edges, a small ink splash near the upper left corner, most probably a studio stain. Pen and ink and wash remain strong and vibrant. Sold in a simple dark wood frame.
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Rome, Villa Medici, L'oro di Valadier: Un genio nella Roma del Settecento, 1997, (catalogue by Alvar González-Palacios), no. 65

Peter Fuhring, 'London, Artemis Valadier Drawings', exhibition review, Burlington Magazine, vol. CXXXIII, no. 1060 (1991), p. 472, fig. 50

With Artemis Group, David Carritt Limited, London, Valadier: Three Generations of Roman Goldsmiths: An Exhibition of Drawings and Works of Art, 1991, p. 170, album no. 19c