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ITALIAN DRAWINGS FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
Aureliano Milani (Bologna 1675-1749)
The abduction of Helen
Details
Aureliano Milani (Bologna 1675-1749)
The abduction of Helen
signed 'Io Aureliano Milani'
black chalk with stumping, pen and black ink, grey wash
11 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. (28.8 x 49.4 cm.)
The abduction of Helen
signed 'Io Aureliano Milani'
black chalk with stumping, pen and black ink, grey wash
11 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. (28.8 x 49.4 cm.)
Provenance
J. Barnard (L. 1420), his inscription and inventory number '865' on the verso; probably his sale, London, Greenwood's, 16-24 February 1787.
W.R. Hubbard, Glasgow (?) by 1892 (according to an inscription on the back of the mount).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 20 April 2004, lot 18.
with Jean-Luc Baroni, London, 2005, no. 18., where acquired by the present owner.
W.R. Hubbard, Glasgow (?) by 1892 (according to an inscription on the back of the mount).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 20 April 2004, lot 18.
with Jean-Luc Baroni, London, 2005, no. 18., where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Mazza, ‘Gli artisti di palazzo Fava. Collezionismo e mecenatismo artistico a Bologna alle fine del Seicento’, in Saggi e memorie di storia dell’arte, 27, 2004, p.355, nt. 102.
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