Lot Essay
Presumably of the second Roman period (1538-47), comparable with drawings such as the sheet of figure studies at Vienna, B.F. Davidson, Perino del Vaga e la Sua Cerchia, Florence, 1966, no. 58, fig. 47
ITALY
Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga (1501-1547)
Details
Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga (1501-1547)
Two Saints and a Group of four Women (recto); Saint Peter (?) and a Group of four Figures (verso)
with inscription 'P.Ligorio' (recto); black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white (partly oxidized) (recto), pen and brown ink, brown wash (some added) (verso), the upper corners cut
122 x 198mm.
Two Saints and a Group of four Women (recto); Saint Peter (?) and a Group of four Figures (verso)
with inscription 'P.Ligorio' (recto); black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white (partly oxidized) (recto), pen and brown ink, brown wash (some added) (verso), the upper corners cut
122 x 198mm.