Lot Essay
A series of drawings illustrating Florentine proverbs, of comparable technique and size, were offered in these Rooms, 2 July 1991, lot 289, illustrated
Details
Giuseppe Piattoli (active 1785-1807)
A Proverb: A Doctor, writing a prescription, at a table with his dead patients at his feet, a gentleman sheathing his sword after a duel, his dead victim at his feet
inscribed 'Val più La Penna di un Medico che La Spada d'un Gentilomo'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, watermark coat- of-arm
325 x 220mm.
A Proverb: A Doctor, writing a prescription, at a table with his dead patients at his feet, a gentleman sheathing his sword after a duel, his dead victim at his feet
inscribed 'Val più La Penna di un Medico che La Spada d'un Gentilomo'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, watermark coat- of-arm
325 x 220mm.
Exhibited
Kenwood, 1966