Giuseppe Bottani
(Cremona 1717–1784)
Assumption of Mary, a study for the painting “Madonna in the glory surrounded by eight holy martyrs“, black chalk on laid paper, 24,5 x 18,8 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.
Literature:
C. Tellini Perina, Giuseppe Bottani (Cremona 1717-Mantova 1784), Milan 2000, Cat. 16, fig. 16.3, p. 85; R. Roli, G. Sestieri, I Disegni Italiani del Settecento. Scuole Piemontese, Lombarda, Genovese, Bolognese, Toscana, Romana, Napoletana, 1981, p. 102, ill. p. 173.
The present drawing is a first design for the Assumption of the Virgin in the upper part of the painting “The Madonna in the glory surrounded by eight holy martyrs ” in the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta di Orte. Two further compositional sketches which anticipate the group of martyrs in the lower part of the painting (see lot 151) and two detail studies of the Madonna’s head are known (Tellini Perina 2000, fig. 16.1–16.5). A bozzetto for the painting is in Italian private property.
Esperta: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
03.04.2020 - 14:49
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Giuseppe Bottani
(Cremona 1717–1784)
Assumption of Mary, a study for the painting “Madonna in the glory surrounded by eight holy martyrs“, black chalk on laid paper, 24,5 x 18,8 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.
Literature:
C. Tellini Perina, Giuseppe Bottani (Cremona 1717-Mantova 1784), Milan 2000, Cat. 16, fig. 16.3, p. 85; R. Roli, G. Sestieri, I Disegni Italiani del Settecento. Scuole Piemontese, Lombarda, Genovese, Bolognese, Toscana, Romana, Napoletana, 1981, p. 102, ill. p. 173.
The present drawing is a first design for the Assumption of the Virgin in the upper part of the painting “The Madonna in the glory surrounded by eight holy martyrs ” in the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta di Orte. Two further compositional sketches which anticipate the group of martyrs in the lower part of the painting (see lot 151) and two detail studies of the Madonna’s head are known (Tellini Perina 2000, fig. 16.1–16.5). A bozzetto for the painting is in Italian private property.
Esperta: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Disegni e stampe fino al 1900, acquarelli e miniature |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta online |
| Data: | 03.04.2020 - 14:49 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
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