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Perseus and Andromeda
Details
Italian School, c. 1600
Perseus and Andromeda
inscribed ' a Don Fran Diaz de la Reguera facieb ...' (lower center)
bodycolor on paper, with an unidentified watermark
10½ x 7¼ in.
Perseus and Andromeda
inscribed ' a Don Fran Diaz de la Reguera facieb ...' (lower center)
bodycolor on paper, with an unidentified watermark
10½ x 7¼ in.
Sale room notice
Please note a change of estimate to US$20,000-30,000 and not US$8,000-12,000 as noted in the catalogue.
Please note that the present composition is based on a print of 1556 by the Mantuan engraver, Giorgio Ghisi (1520-1582) after a lost composition by Luca Penni (c. 1500-1556), entitled Venus and the Rose (see Bartsch 31, pp.98-9).
Also, please note the frame contains inlaid pieces of ivory which may require an export license.
Please note that the present composition is based on a print of 1556 by the Mantuan engraver, Giorgio Ghisi (1520-1582) after a lost composition by Luca Penni (c. 1500-1556), entitled Venus and the Rose (see Bartsch 31, pp.98-9).
Also, please note the frame contains inlaid pieces of ivory which may require an export license.