Giulio Campi (1502-1572)

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Giulio Campi (1502-1572)

An Acanthus Scroll with Putti

pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, squared in red and black chalk, made up lower right
157 x 207mm.
Provenance
G. Vallardi (L. 1223), his number 'F 297'

Lot Essay

Mario di Giampaolo has, on the basis of a photograph, kindly confirmed the attribution. Comparable drawings of friezes by Campi are at Christ Church, Oxford (J. Byam Shaw, Drawings by Old Masters at Christ Church, Oxford, Oxford, 1976, I, no.1110, II, pl.672) and at Florence (no. 1639 E., A. Petrioli Tofani, Inventario 2, Disegni esposti, Florence, 1988, p.676)

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