Lot Essay
The attribution was proposed by A.E. Popham. Isabella Lodi-Fè suggests that this dates from his sojourn in Paris 1648-51, and may be a preparatory study for one of the frescoes in the Galerie Mazarin
Details
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, il Bolognese (1606-1680)
A wooded River Landscape with a Town on a Cliff
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark star above a crown
352 x 252mm.
A wooded River Landscape with a Town on a Cliff
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark star above a crown
352 x 252mm.
Provenance
P. Sandby
C. Winter, his mark not in Lugt
Sir Bruce Ingram (L. 1705a)
C. Winter, his mark not in Lugt
Sir Bruce Ingram (L. 1705a)