Live Auction 5979Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 537

Bolognese School, 17th Century

Grotesque figures in procession, and a drapery study

Closed9 July 2009

Price Realised

GBP 1,375

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Bolognese School, 17th Century
Grotesque figures in procession, and a drapery study
Fragmentary sketches (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (partially oxidized), red chalk, on prepared brown paper
6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 January 2008, lot 25.

Specialist note

A copy after the grotesque figures is in an album of drawings by Carlo Marchionni (1702-86) in the Louvre (inv. RF 42342). Marchionni executed many caricatures but also assembled an important collection of prints and drawings (B. Ledru, 'Carlo Marchionni (1702-1786): deux albums de dessins acquis par le départment des arts graphiques du Louvre', Revue du Louvre, 43, no. 3, 1993, pp. 28-40).