Lot Essay
Although the drawing is very close in style to studies by Bianconi the inscription on the verso indicates it may be an otherwise unrecorded artist, Vincenzo Pagani
Details
Vincenzo Pagani (active 1786)
Nine Masks of Heads of Women
signed (?) 'Vicenzo Pagani ft. 28 giunio 1786'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
231 x 178mm.
Nine Masks of Heads of Women
signed (?) 'Vicenzo Pagani ft. 28 giunio 1786'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
231 x 178mm.
Literature
P. Fuhring, no. 41 (as Carlo Bianconi)
Exhibited
Oberlin, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, A New World. Neo-Classical Drawings from the Collection of Lodewijk Houthakker, 1986, no. 14