Live Auction 5860Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 377

Francesco Coghetti (Bergamo 1801-1875 Rome)

Pope Eugenius III blessing the arms of Duke Amadeo III of Savoy before the latter's departure on crusade

Closed11 December 2009

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Francesco Coghetti (Bergamo 1801-1875 Rome)
Pope Eugenius III blessing the arms of Duke Amadeo III of Savoy before the latter's departure on crusade
black chalk (recto); red chalk (verso), some outlines incised, unframed
10¼ x 16 1/8 in. (27.2 x 41 cm.)

Specialist note

A detailed preparatory study for Coghetti's painting of the same title (1846; Fig. 1), now in the Castello Ducale, Aglié (R. Barilli, Il secondo '800 italiano: le poetiche del vero, Milan, 1988, p. 192, ill.).