Live Auction 5979Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 575

Vincenzo Mazzi (active Bologna 1748-1790)

The interior of a palace with an elaborate staircase

Closed9 July 2009

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GBP 2,375

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Vincenzo Mazzi (active Bologna 1748-1790)
The interior of a palace with an elaborate staircase
signed, inscribed and dated 'Vincenzo Mazzi Invento e Disegno L'anno 1778'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey-blue wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (22.6 x 29 cm.)

A. Laube, 1964.
L. Houthakker, his mark (not in Lugt).

Specialist note

A pupil of Ferdinando and Francesco Galli Bibiena and a member of the Accademia Clementina, Mazzi was mostly active in Bologna. Apart from some religious paintings and designs for architecture and prints, he mainly produced stage set designs. In 1776 he published his Caprici di scene teatrale, a set of twelve plates.