An angel

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Vittorio Maria Bigari (1692-1776)
An angel
with inscription 'Carlo Marat' (partly cut); a study of the head and shoulders of an angel (verso)
black and white chalk on brown paper, watermark encircled CS and encircled device
294 x 215 mm.

Provenance

C.R. Rudolf (L.2811b); Sotheby's, London, 19 May 1977, lot 111, as Giuseppe Marchese, il Sansone.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. REMOVALS Pictures (sold) will be held at Christie's for 28 days after the sale. Pictures not collected by 3.30pm on the 28th day following the sale will be transferred to:- Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road, London W12 8SJ. Tel:440(2)87353700. Fax:44(0)87353701. Pictures (unsold) will be held at Christie's for 10 days after the sale. Pictures not collected by 3.30pm on the 10th day following the sale will be transferred to Cadogan House.

Lot Essay

A study for a putto in one of the pendentives of the cupola of the Buoncompagni Chapel in the Metropolitan Church of Saint Peter, Bologna, completed in 1730, C. Casali Pedrielli, Vittorio Maria Bigari, Bologna, 1991, no. 14, illustrated.

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