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Attributed to Luigi Calamatta (Civitavecchia 1802-1869 Milan)
Lot 131

Attributed to Luigi Calamatta (Civitavecchia 1802-1869 Milan)

Portrait of Luigi Calamatta, after Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 3,750

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Attributed to Luigi Calamatta (Civitavecchia 1802-1869 Milan)
Portrait of Luigi Calamatta, after Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
inscribed 'Ingres à Son ami Calamatta 1828 Paris'
pencil, on paper wrapped around its original cardboard support
12½ x 9½ in. (32 x 24.2 cm.)

Charles Marcotte, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

A copy, slightly larger, after Ingres' portrait drawing of his friend and engraver Luigi Calamatta (1801-1869) belonging to the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, now on deposit at the Musée de la Vie Romantique, Paris.
The drawing is still on its original tablet (see previous lot).