Francesco Algarotti
Convolute of 19 sheets: Profile heads
Artist
Francesco Algarotti
Additional Description
Feder in Braun, teils laviert, schwarze Kreide (2) bzw. Rötel (1) auf Bütten. 4,5 x 5 cm bis 12,7 x 8 cm (Blattgrößen). Verso teilweise mit weiteren, fragmentierten Köpfen und handschriftlichen Notizen.
Period
(1712 Venedig – Pisa 1764)
Technique
Arbeiten auf Papier
Literature
Bernard Aikema, “A group of drawings by Francesco Agarotti“, in: Apollo. The International Magazine of the Arts, London 1994, Vol. CXL, No. 391, S. 58ff., mit Abb.
Provenance
Privatbesitz, Bayern.
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Description
With written statements by James Byam Shaw, London, dated 10 March 1989, by George Knox, Vancouver, dated 9 April 1989 and by Bernard Aikema, Nijmegen, dated 7 June 1989, all in the original. While Shaw attributes the drawings to Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729-1804), Knox and Aikema favour the authorship of Count Francesco Algarotti, a well-known "amateur" and patron of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. - Each irregularly trimmed around the motif. Isolated minor time stained and with slight signs of handling, otherwise in good condition.