Georg Anton Urlaub (1713-1759)

The Martyrdom of a Saint

Details

Georg Anton Urlaub (1713-1759)
The Martyrdom of a Saint
black lead, pen and black ink, grey wash heightened with white, squared in black lead, in an inscribed arch, watermark fragmentary Pro Patria
129 x 177 mm.

Provenance

A. Stix (L. 2317a).

Lot Essay

Three drawings by Urlaub were exhibited at the Heim Gallery, London and elsewhere, German Baroque Drawings, 1975, nos. 104-7, illustrated. Urlaub studied in Würzburg and Vienna and came to work in Venice with Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1747.

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