Lot Essay
A similar inscription by Gaetano Sabatelli identifying a drawing by his father is in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan (no. E104-1)
Details
Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850)
Indolence
signed 'Luigi Sabatelli' and inscribed 'simboleggiata la pigrizia', with inscription 'Gaetano Sabatelli riconosca essere questi segni di mano di suo padre Luigi' (recto); pen and brown ink, watermark crescent moon
372 x 450mm.
Indolence
signed 'Luigi Sabatelli' and inscribed 'simboleggiata la pigrizia', with inscription 'Gaetano Sabatelli riconosca essere questi segni di mano di suo padre Luigi' (recto); pen and brown ink, watermark crescent moon
372 x 450mm.
Exhibited
Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, Stiftung Ratjen Italienische Zeichnungen des 16.- 18.Jahrhunderts, 1977, no.119