Attributed to Agostino Brunias (Italian, active 1763-1779)

Ceiling designs in the Antique manner, with central scenes of the gods in friezes

Details

Attributed to Agostino Brunias (Italian, active 1763-1779)
Ceiling designs in the Antique manner, with central scenes of the gods in friezes
watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold, possibly over etched outlines
15½ x 30½ in. (39.3 x 77.8 cm.) (one); 15¾ x 15¼ in. (40 x 39 cm.) (two) (3)

Provenance

Acquired from Henry Sotheran Ltd., London, 22 September 1989.

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Lot Essay

Before making his famous journey to the West Indies in 1770, Brunias spent some years working in England as a draughtsman for Robert Adam. It is to this English period, beginning in 1758, that his decorative drawings of this type can be related. Further designs related to Brunias's work for Adam are in Sir John Soane's Museum.

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