Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627)

Death breaking his scythe, and two putti

Details

Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627)
Death breaking his scythe, and two putti
with inscription 'Cavagliere Malossi' (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash squared in red chalk on brown paper, laid down on linen, minor losses, extended at the foot
11¼ x 85/8 in. (286 x 219 mm.)

Provenance

Prince de Conti, according to an inscription 'Cab du Prince du Conti et B.....'.

Lot Essay

Six other allegories of death and of the vanity of human actions by Ligozzi are in the Louvre (F. Viatte, Dessins Toscans, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles, Paris, 1988, I, nos. 258-61), in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York and in the Accademia, Venice. One of the Louvre drawings is dated 1625.

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