Lot Essay
A study, with differences, for an engraving published in The history of the order of Saint George (see Bartsch, XVII, p. 279, no. 1442).
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Saint George and the Dragon
Details
Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555-1630 Rome)
Saint George and the Dragon
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), red chalk outlines (verso)
9¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.4 x 16.9 cm.)
Saint George and the Dragon
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), red chalk outlines (verso)
9¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.4 x 16.9 cm.)
Provenance
F. Desmarais (L. 3358).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1989, lot 272.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1989, lot 272.
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