Live Auction 7605Old Master and 19th Century Drawings
Giovanni Maria Bottalla (Savona 1613-1644 Milan)
Lot 24

Giovanni Maria Bottalla (Savona 1613-1644 Milan)

The Death of Adonis

Closed8 July 2008

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GBP 5,250

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Giovanni Maria Bottalla (Savona 1613-1644 Milan)
The Death of Adonis
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white
8 7/8 x 12 in. (304 x 224 mm.)

Van Parijs (L. 2531), his mount and number '96'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1978, lot 55 (as Follower of Cortona).

Specialist note

A pupil of Pietro da Cortona, Bottalla was heavily influenced by his master, evident in the present drawing. He was also a great admirer of Raphael and this in turn earnt him the nickname 'Raphaellino'. His most important patron in Rome was Cardinal Sacchetti for whom he executed several pictures, some of which were later moved to the Capitol by Pope Benedict XIV.