Lot Essay
Similar to drawings by Ercole the Younger at the Accademia, Venice, U. Ruggeri, Disegni lombardi, Milan, 1982, no. 123-4. Numerous other drawings are at the Ambrosiana, Milan.
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A kneeling figure by a standing angel accompanied by putti
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Ercole Procaccini II (1596-1676)
A kneeling figure by a standing angel accompanied by putti
red chalk, watermark fragmentary star
200 x 257 mm.
A kneeling figure by a standing angel accompanied by putti
red chalk, watermark fragmentary star
200 x 257 mm.
Sale room notice
Dr. Jennifer Montagu has kindly suggested that the subject could be Daedalus sticking feathers on Icarus's wings.