Lot Essay
The first drawing is part of a large group of studies in the same technique copied from Cortona's frescoes in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Details
Circle of Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669)
Urania and Euterpe, after Cortona
inscribed 'Urania et ', the recto with numbers related to colour notes on the verso; black chalk, on grey preparation
271 x 268mm.; and drawings after Pietro da Cortona and by other Italian hands (15)
Urania and Euterpe, after Cortona
inscribed 'Urania et ', the recto with numbers related to colour notes on the verso; black chalk, on grey preparation
271 x 268mm.; and drawings after Pietro da Cortona and by other Italian hands (15)
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mark (L. 2099)