Lot No. 98


Pietro Novelli, called il Monrealese,


Pietro Novelli, called il Monrealese, - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Monreale 1603-1647)
Incredulous Thomas, pen and brown ink, over black chalk on laid paper, 19,5 x 16,5 cm, browned, stained, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.

Literature:
Maria-Christina Funghini, Disegni Italiani, Ausst. Cat Florence 1983, 22nd September – 15th October 1983, Cat. 20 (fig).

The present drawing is an excellent example of the Late Mannerist drawing style of Pietro Novelli il Monrealese. A technically and stylistically comparable study for “The Crowning of Saint Chiara” is preserved in the Ratjen collection in Munich (compare: D. Graf, in: Italienische Zeichnungen des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts, exh. cat. Munich 1977, No. 63, Fig. p. 138).

We are grateful to Prof. Nicola Spinosa for the scientific support.

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

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

22.04.2021 - 15:30

Realized price: **
EUR 2,560.-
Estimate:
EUR 400.- to EUR 500.-
Starting bid:
EUR 400.-

Pietro Novelli, called il Monrealese,


(Monreale 1603-1647)
Incredulous Thomas, pen and brown ink, over black chalk on laid paper, 19,5 x 16,5 cm, browned, stained, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.

Literature:
Maria-Christina Funghini, Disegni Italiani, Ausst. Cat Florence 1983, 22nd September – 15th October 1983, Cat. 20 (fig).

The present drawing is an excellent example of the Late Mannerist drawing style of Pietro Novelli il Monrealese. A technically and stylistically comparable study for “The Crowning of Saint Chiara” is preserved in the Ratjen collection in Munich (compare: D. Graf, in: Italienische Zeichnungen des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts, exh. cat. Munich 1977, No. 63, Fig. p. 138).

We are grateful to Prof. Nicola Spinosa for the scientific support.

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: Online auction
Date: 22.04.2021 - 15:30
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
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