Lot Essay
Giulio Bora, who compares this design to those of the Gonfalone of Milan on which Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Giuseppe Meda worked, tentatively suggests an attribution to Arcimboldo.
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Details
Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)
Alternative Designs for a Niche with a nude Figure, with the Sforzà Arms below (recto); Two Studies for Overdoors and a Study for a Frieze (verso)
numbered '3'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and red wash (recto), black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso), the verso with a study of a frieze on an attached sheet, watermark hand below a star, the upper corners made up
351 x 263mm.
Alternative Designs for a Niche with a nude Figure, with the Sforzà Arms below (recto); Two Studies for Overdoors and a Study for a Frieze (verso)
numbered '3'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and red wash (recto), black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso), the verso with a study of a frieze on an attached sheet, watermark hand below a star, the upper corners made up
351 x 263mm.
Provenance
G. Vallardi, his red chalk number 'F 299' (verso).