Bolognese School, circa 1700

Details

Bolognese School, circa 1700

A Niche with a Statue of Hercules and the Hydra flanked by a Doorway and a Statue of Justice

with a scale; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, partly squared in black chalk
228 x 377mm.

Provenance

Hoepli, 1961

Literature

P. Fuhring, no. 180

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Dessins exposés chez Bernard Houthakker, 1962, no. 37
Nijmegen and Haarlem, Wanden en Plafonds. Tekeningen uit de Verzameling Lodewijk Houthakker, 1985, no. 71

Lot Essay

A design for a trompe l'oeil decoration with an alternative suggestion for the flanking elements. The richness and complexity of the architectural decoration recall trompe l'oeil designs by Agostino Mitelli and Angelo Michele Colonna