Sale 5994
London
|
7 July 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,725
Estimate
Francesco Monti (1685-1768) Rinaldo and Armida black chalk, oval 330 x 254 mm
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Drawings close in style are illustrated in U. Ruggeri, Francesco Monti, Bergamo, 1968, pls. 47, 103, 170-3 and 332.
The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons this pair of superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘