Lot 7
7
Circle of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (c.1499-1546)
Circle of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (c.1499-1546)

Putti harvesting Grapes from a Vine under an Arch decorated with a Bust of a Woman

Details
Circle of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (c.1499-1546)
Putti harvesting Grapes from a Vine under an Arch decorated with a Bust of a Woman
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, some outlines incised, watermark encircled anchor below a six pointed star
16 x 11 in. (412 x 291 mm.)

Lot Essay

Thematically related to Giulio's drawings of giochi di putti, executed as designs for tapestries for Federico Gonzaga. The tapestries were carried out by Nicola Karcher before 1545. The subjects of Giulio's drawings are taken from the Imagines by Philostratus, showing putti playing, dancing, fishing, or harvesting fruits under elaborate arches arranged in a certain rhythm, comparable to drawings exhibited in Mantua, Palazzo Te, Giulio Romano, 1989, pp. 474-79.