Lot Essay
Albeit with some changes, especially in the addition of some fantastical creatures, the composition is based on Raphael's fresco in the third vault of so-called Logge in the Vatican.
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PROPERTY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERIC STANLEY
GIULIO BONASONE (1510-1576) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Noah and the Animals leaving the Ark
Details
GIULIO BONASONE (1510-1576) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Noah and the Animals leaving the Ark
engraving, 1544, on laid paper, watermark Two crossed Arrows surmounted by a Star (Massari 77, similar to Woodward 196; first recorded Venice, 1566), a fine, rich impression of the first state (of two), printing darkly and with good contrasts, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, some skilful restorations
Sheet 300 x 381 mm.
Noah and the Animals leaving the Ark
engraving, 1544, on laid paper, watermark Two crossed Arrows surmounted by a Star (Massari 77, similar to Woodward 196; first recorded Venice, 1566), a fine, rich impression of the first state (of two), printing darkly and with good contrasts, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, some skilful restorations
Sheet 300 x 381 mm.
Provenance
Thomas Banks (1735- 1805), London (Lugt 2423, recto).
With Olimpia Theodoli, London.
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired from the above in 1998.
With Olimpia Theodoli, London.
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired from the above in 1998.
Literature
Bartsch 4; Massari 38a
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Stefano Franceschi
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