Lot 90: Three Preparatory Pencil Drawings of Egyptian Temple Reliefs for Ippolito Rosellini's I Monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia disegnati dalla spedizione scientifico-leteraria toscana in Egitto , Pisa, 1832-1844

comprising a drawing depicting King Rameses II enthroned and approached by courtiers and a soldier leading eastern prisonners, signed S(alvador) Cherubini in the lower right corner and inscribed in the lower left corner "Bet-Oually – 1er Bas rel(ief) de droite," the name W.(or M.) Rey inscribed in pencil on the back, corresponding to plate 65 M.R. of Rosellini's Monumenti; a drawing depicting four registers of soldiers leading prisonners and depositing severed hands and genitalia before King Rameses III standing in his chariot, signed "LHX" in the lower right corner and inscribed Medinet-Habou. Galerie Sud. Palais Rhamses IV(sic)," corresponding to plate 135 M.R. of Rosellini's Monumenti; and a drawing representing Rameses III carried in a litter and preceded by two registers of courtiers, priests, musicians, and other attendants, signed "AB" and inscribed "Palais de Rhamses IV(sic) – Thèbes Medinet habou" in the lower left corner," corresponding to plate 82 M.d.C. of Rosellini's Monumenti .

15 3/4 by 20 1/2 , 11 by 22 1/2 , and 8 1/ 2 by 22 1/ 2 in. 40 by 52.1, 27.9 by 57.1, and 21.6 by 57.1 cm.

PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION