Lot Essay
An attribution to an artist in the circle of Sinibaldo Scorza has been suggested for (1).
A lion attacking a wild sow
Details
Follower of Jacques de Gheyn
A lion attacking a wild sow
numbered in pen and brown ink '1980' and 'f-10' on the verso
pen and brown ink
197 x 278 mm.; and a drawing of Saint John the Baptist preaching by a follower of Bernini, a drawing of The Visitation formerly attributed to Godfried Maes, and a caricature by an imitator of Ghezzi (4)
A lion attacking a wild sow
numbered in pen and brown ink '1980' and 'f-10' on the verso
pen and brown ink
197 x 278 mm.; and a drawing of Saint John the Baptist preaching by a follower of Bernini, a drawing of The Visitation formerly attributed to Godfried Maes, and a caricature by an imitator of Ghezzi (4)
Literature
C. von Prybram-Gladona, Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Munich, 1969, (1) no. 101 (as by Jacques de Gheyn), (2) no. 71 (as by Bernini), (3) no. 137 (as by Maes), and (4) no. 78 (as by Ghezzi).
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