Circle of Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo 1610-1662)
Lot 321

Circle of Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo 1610-1662)

The Triumph of Galatea

Closed5 December 2007

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GBP 1,875

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Circle of Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo 1610-1662)
The Triumph of Galatea
red chalk, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys
8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (224 x 175 mm.)

A. Maggiori (L. 3005b), with inscription 'Appartiene ad Ales.o Maggiori il quale lo compro in Roma nel 1806.' (verso)

Specialist note

Derived from a lost drawing by Romanelli of which a counterproof can be found in the Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf (J.M. Merz, Pietro da Cortona und sein Kreis Die Zeichnungen in Düsseldorf, Munich-Berlin, 2005, p. 404, no. 240).