Lot Essay
The figure of Athena appears in a drawing by Bison in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan, A. Rizzi, Disegni del Bison, Bologna, 1976, no. 95, illustrated.
Details
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762-1844)
A Statue of Athena excavated by Peasants
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the upper left and lower corners cut
215 x 175mm.
A Statue of Athena excavated by Peasants
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the upper left and lower corners cut
215 x 175mm.
Provenance
Louis Maudet (his mark, not in Lugt).
Nicos Dhikeos (his mark, not in Lugt).
Nicos Dhikeos (his mark, not in Lugt).