Lot Essay
These preparatory sketches relate to Carlone's frescoes for Palazzo Agliardi, Bergamo, which date to circa 1750.
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Bacchus and Ariadne - a pair of bozzetti
Details
Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (Scaria 1686-1775 Como)
Bacchus and Ariadne - a pair of bozzetti
oil on canvas
9 x 16 1/8 in. (22.8 x 41 cm.)
(2)a pair
Bacchus and Ariadne - a pair of bozzetti
oil on canvas
9 x 16 1/8 in. (22.8 x 41 cm.)
(2)a pair
Provenance
Lord Gerald Wellesley (1885-1972), later 7th Duke of Wellington (according to a label on the reverse).
with Hazlitt Gallery, London, by 1962.
with Hazlitt Gallery, London, by 1962.
Literature
A. B. Brini, Carlo Innocenzo Carloni, Milan, 1967, pp. 120 and 124 (in the latter with erroneous measurements).
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