Sale 1555
London
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30 September 2014
Price realised
GBP 2,000
Estimate
Attributed to Johann Christoph Storer (Constance 1611-1671) Atlas bearing the globe on his shoulders, flanked by Orpheus and a satyr counterproof, reworked in red chalk 14 ½ x 8 1/8 in. (37 x 21 cm.); and A mythological scene by Michael Probener (d. 1701) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 21 April 1998, lot 169.
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Exhibited
Royal Castle, Warsaw, The Masters of Drawing. Drawings from the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, 2010-2011, p. 162.
Saleroom Notice
Please note that the quantity should read (2) and not as stated in the printed catalogue.
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