Five designs for ceiling decoration
Details
Mauro Antonio Tesi (Montalbano, Modena 1730-1766 Bologna)
Five designs for ceiling decoration
with inscription ‘Tesi’ (i), three inscribed ‘maniera colonnesca’ (iii-v)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, incised (iii-v), watermarks anchor in a circle (i and iv)
10 7/8 x 15 ½ in. (27.5 x 39.3 cm) and smaller
(5)
Five designs for ceiling decoration
with inscription ‘Tesi’ (i), three inscribed ‘maniera colonnesca’ (iii-v)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, incised (iii-v), watermarks anchor in a circle (i and iv)
10 7/8 x 15 ½ in. (27.5 x 39.3 cm) and smaller
(5)
Provenance
(i) : Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva (L. 3472); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 3-4 June 1959, part of lot 232.
with Hans Calmann, London, 1959 (according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.
(ii) : Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva (L. 3472); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 3-4 June 1959, part of lot 232.
with Hans Calmann, London, 1964 (according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.
(iii-v): Conte Alessandro Maggiori (late 18th-early 19th Century), Faenza and Rome (L. 3005b, his inscription ‘Aless. Maggiori comprà/ a Bologna nel 1792’ (verso).
Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva (L. 3472); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 3-4 June 1959, lot 188, where acquired by Robert Landolt.
with Hans Calmann, London, 1959 (according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.
(ii) : Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva (L. 3472); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 3-4 June 1959, part of lot 232.
with Hans Calmann, London, 1964 (according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.
(iii-v): Conte Alessandro Maggiori (late 18th-early 19th Century), Faenza and Rome (L. 3005b, his inscription ‘Aless. Maggiori comprà/ a Bologna nel 1792’ (verso).
Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva (L. 3472); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 3-4 June 1959, lot 188, where acquired by Robert Landolt.
Exhibited
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, I disegni scenografici della raccolta Fatio, 1958, no. 86.
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