Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo 1610-1662)
Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo 1610-1662)

Two putti decorating an incense-burner with garlands

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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo 1610-1662)
Two putti decorating an incense-burner with garlands
red and black chalk
8½ x 8 3/8 in. (217 x 211 mm.)

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr Jörg Merz for suggesting that this drawing may relate to a series of tapestry designs with playful putti drawn by Romanelli in the late 1630s (I. Faldi, Pittori viterbesi di cinque secoli, Rome, 1970, figs. 249-251).

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