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Lot 37: Mattia Bortoloni (San Bellino di Rovigo 1696-1750 Bergamo)

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 25, 2007

Item Overview

Description

The Last Supper
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, in an inscribed shape, watermark B
6 x 10 5/8 in. (152 x 269 mm.)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Venice, Cini Foundation, Disegni di una collezione veneziana del Settecento, 1966, no. 158.

Provenance

The Reliable Venetian collector (L.3005d), with associated attribution 'Matteo Bortoloni Veneziano'. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Springell; Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1962, lot 38.

Notes

Property from the Eric H.L. Sexton Trust (lots 37 and 63)

The inscription on the bottom of this drawing belongs to an unidentified collector known as the Reliable Venetian Hand, because many of the attributions he gave to his drawings, especially those of the 17th and 18th Centuries are still generally accepted today.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

by
Christie's
January 25, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US