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Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835)
Lot 32

Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835)

Roman Customs: The funeral of a virgin

Closed2 July 2013

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Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835)
Roman Customs: The funeral of a virgin
signed and dated 'Pinelli fe. 1817 Roma' and inscribed 'Funerale di una Vergine accompagnata alla Sepoltura costumi di Roma' (on the mount)
black chalk, pen and black ink, watercolour
12 5/8 x 21¼ in. (32 x 54.1 cm.)

Richard Power (according to an inscription on the verso: 'Rich: Power Esq. 5.5').
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 November 1971, lot 109.

Specialist note

A very similar drawing, though with a different architectural setting, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1972, lot 136.