Studio of Ottavio Strada (1550-1612)

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Studio of Ottavio Strada (1550-1612)

A Design for a Salt Cellar with Leda and the Swan and a reclining Amphitrite, with designs of a fork and a spoon

inscribed 'questo è la forma e il garbo che si ha adare alla saliera, e ouarola', numbered '6';black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled cross-bow (cf. Briquet 759, Rome circa 1562-3)
428 x 277mm.

Provenance

E. Perman.

Lot Essay

This drawing is part of a group of drawings from the studio of Ottavio Strada, who succeeded his father as Court Antiquary to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1581. A drawing fom Strada's studio was offered at Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, lot 17, illustrated.

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