Lot No. 134


Pompeo Batoni


Pompeo Batoni - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Lucca 1708–1787 Rome)
A study of a female head and two draperies (recto), another drapery sketch on the reverse, red chalk on bluish grey laid paper, inscribed „Battoni Pompeo“ by another hand, 41,7 x 26,8 cm, browned, somewhat stained, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
private collection, Germany.

The present drawing is a detail study for an angel in the right part of the painting “The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena” (1743), which was executed for the church Santa Caterina di Siena in Lucca (Oil on canvas, 240 x 220, oval format). The painting is preserved today in the Museo Nazionale di Villa Giunigi, Lucca (Inv. 302).

We are grateful to Prof. Francesco Petrucci for the confirmation of the attribution and for the scientific support.

© Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo - Polo museale della Toscana - Museo nazionale di Villa Guinigi

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

06.11.2019 - 14:00

Realized price: **
EUR 4,352.-
Estimate:
EUR 3,000.- to EUR 4,000.-

Pompeo Batoni


(Lucca 1708–1787 Rome)
A study of a female head and two draperies (recto), another drapery sketch on the reverse, red chalk on bluish grey laid paper, inscribed „Battoni Pompeo“ by another hand, 41,7 x 26,8 cm, browned, somewhat stained, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
private collection, Germany.

The present drawing is a detail study for an angel in the right part of the painting “The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena” (1743), which was executed for the church Santa Caterina di Siena in Lucca (Oil on canvas, 240 x 220, oval format). The painting is preserved today in the Museo Nazionale di Villa Giunigi, Lucca (Inv. 302).

We are grateful to Prof. Francesco Petrucci for the confirmation of the attribution and for the scientific support.

© Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo - Polo museale della Toscana - Museo nazionale di Villa Guinigi

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 06.11.2019 - 14:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 31.10. - 06.11.2019


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