A game of blind man's buff

Details

Giuseppe Piattoli (Florence, active 1785-1807)
A game of blind man's buff
signed 'Piattoli'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
8¼ x 11 5/8 in. (212 x 294 mm.)

Provenance

L. Grassi (L. 1171b); Sotheby's, 13 May 1924, part of lot 105 (£5.10s. with nine other drawings by the same hand).
Purchased from Crook, 28 February 1925.

Literature

H.D. Chapman in 'The Ford Collection - II', The Walpole Society, LX (1998), p. 170.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The signature on this drawing forms the basis for the attribution of drawings of this type to Piattoli. This documentary evidence led Paul Oppé to reattribute to Piattoli a drawing in Sir Brinsley Ford's collection which had been previously been given to Longhi (H.D. Chapman, loc. cit.). Four drawings by Piattoli showing other parlour games were sold at Sotheby's, London, 15 March 1966, lots 46-49. See lot 58 in the present sale for more information on Piattoli.

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