Lot Essay
Hylton Thomas dated the drawing to circa 1768-75.
Studies of twelve Men, standing, running, pointing and sitting
Details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi* (1720-1778)
Studies of twelve Men, standing, running, pointing and sitting
pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled lily, upper left corner cut
4 5/8 x 7¼ in. (117 x 184 mm.)
Studies of twelve Men, standing, running, pointing and sitting
pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled lily, upper left corner cut
4 5/8 x 7¼ in. (117 x 184 mm.)
Provenance
Otto Wertheimer, Paris.
Constantinoff collection, Paris.
Constantinoff collection, Paris.
Literature
H. Thomas, The Drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, London, 1954, p. 61, no. 75, illustrated.