Live Auction 5860Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 365

Guillaume Courtois, il Borgognone (Saint-Hippolyte 1628-1679 Rome)

The apparition of an angel to a kneeling saint

Closed11 December 2009

Price Realised

GBP 875

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Guillaume Courtois, il Borgognone (Saint-Hippolyte 1628-1679 Rome)
The apparition of an angel to a kneeling saint
with inscription 'Gia: Cortese Borgognone' (on the mount)
black chalk, brown wash, unframed
4¾ x 6 7/8 in. (12 x 17.6 cm.)

Specialist note

For similar drawings in brown wash by the artist, see D. Graf, Die Handzeichnungen von Guglielmo Cortese und Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Dusseldorf, 1976, figs. 2, 25 and 64.