Lot 134: LUIGI VALADIER (ROME 1726 - 1785) AND WORKSHOP | A Cartagloria (altar card stand), the scroll borders decorated with shells

Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash and simulated lapis lazuli in blue and gold on light blue gouache, over black chalk

446 by 564 mm

Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash and simulated lapis lazuli in blue and gold on light blue gouache, over black chalk

Laid down. Some light brown staining at the upper and lower margins of the sheet. Otherwise the sheet is in excellent condition - colours remains fresh and vibrant. Sold in a simple wooden 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. 34;
Turin, Gli Splendori del Bronzo, 2002, (catalogue by G. Beretti),  p. 119, no. 21

With Artemis Group, David Carritt Limited, London, Valadier: Three Generations of Roman Goldsmiths: An Exhibition of Drawings and Works of Art, 1991, no. 41, album no. 72