Giulio Campi (circa 1502-1572)

Details

Giulio Campi (circa 1502-1572)

A Frieze with Herms and Putti supporting a Shield with an Owl above

pen and brown ink, brown wash, the central section of the shield inserted by the artist, on blue paper
135 x 201mm.

Provenance

E. Calando (L. 837)

Literature

P. Fuhring, no. 141

Exhibited

Nijmegen and Haarlem, Wanden en Plafonds. Tekeningen uit de Verzameling Lodewijk Houthakker, 1985, no. 13

Lot Essay

Comparable with architectural drawings in the Uffizi, G. Bora, in I Campi, Milan, 1985, no. 2.6.15, illustrated and Christie's, London, 9 April 1990, lot 19, illustrated as Circle of Sanmichele but identified by Giulio Bora as by Giulio Campi at the time of the sale