Lot Essay
Dr. Jennifer Montagu kindly pointed out that the mourning woman on the tablet is based on the antique key-stone of Dacia Capta
Details
Attributed to Sebastiano Conca (1676/80-1764)
An Allegory of Father Time holding a Relief of a mourning Woman
red and white chalk, on light brown paper, watermark twice encircled fleur de lys under V
553 x 436mm.; and a drawing by a Roman hand (2)
An Allegory of Father Time holding a Relief of a mourning Woman
red and white chalk, on light brown paper, watermark twice encircled fleur de lys under V
553 x 436mm.; and a drawing by a Roman hand (2)
Provenance
(1) Anon. sale, Christie's, 1 July 1986, lot 67, illustrated ((1,400)