An old bearded man kneeling and a young man standing, a dog in the foreground, after Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Details

Anton Kern (Bohemia 1709-1747 Dresden)
An old bearded man kneeling and a young man standing, a dog in the foreground, after Giovanni Battista Pittoni
graphite, red wash, heightened with white
14¾ x 10½ in. (37.8 x 26.8 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Lot Essay

This copies a detail of Giovanni Battista Pittoni's painting Hannibal swearing revenge against the Romans, a composition known through a number of painted versions (F. Zava Bocazzi, Pittoni. L'Opera completa, Venice, 1979, nos. 94, 104, 147 and 243, figs. 74-84).

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