Victory with military trophies and a bound captive with trophies

Details

Studio of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (Rome 1499-1546 Mantua)
Victory with military trophies and a bound captive with trophies
with inscription 'C. Arpino' on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on light brown paper, the lower left corner made up, on an 18th Century mount
15 3/8 x 9¾ in. (390 x 247 mm.)

Provenance

An unidentified collector's mark, a rat in a shield (twice).

Exhibited

Ixelles, Musée Communal d'Ixelles, De Giorgione à Tiepolo, Dessins italiens du 15e au 18e siècle dans les collections privées et publiques de Belgique, 1983, no. 9.

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Lot Essay

Related to two of the five compartments surrounding the figure of Mars in a lunette in the Sala dei Stucchi at the Palazzo Te, Mantua (F. Hartt, Giulio Romano, New York, 1958, fig. 307). According to Vasari, the stuccoes were executed by Primaticcio in 1529-30 based on Giulio's designs.

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