CIRCLE OF HENDRIK GOLTZIUS AFTER POLIDORO CARAVAGGIO (DUTCH 1558-1617)
OLYMPIAN GODS, DOUBLE SIDED DRAWING
£625
Auction: Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
Description
pen and ink on paper, unframed
Dimensions
16cm x 19cm (6.25in x 7.5in)
Footnote
Note: These studies relate to a group of monochrome frescoes by Polidoro of eight Olympian gods in niches that adorned the façade of a house on the Quirinal Hill, Rome. The frescoes are now lost but were recorded in print by Goltzius in 1592.
Provenance: Bears the collector's stamp of E. Fabricius, a collector of works by Goltzius (active in Berlin, circa 1920).