Lot Essay
Tempesta made an engraving of the subject in his series of Biblical Battles (Illustrated Bartsch XXXV, no. 254)
Details
Circle of Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630)
The Death of Absalom
with inscription 'P. de Caravaggio' on the mount; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown was heightened with white, on light brown paper
352 x 452mm.
The Death of Absalom
with inscription 'P. de Caravaggio' on the mount; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown was heightened with white, on light brown paper
352 x 452mm.
Provenance
Sir Anthony Westcombe, according to an inscription 'From Col.s of S. a Westcobe - Bernard Granville CB' on the mount Barnard Granville