Live Auction 5472Old Master, 19th Century & British Drawings & Watercolours
Attributed to Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625-1713 Rome)
Lot 1081

Attributed to Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625-1713 Rome)

Studies of seated and standing male nudes, with subsidiary studies of forearms and cherubs' heads

Closed9 December 2010

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GBP 1,250

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Attributed to Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625-1713 Rome)
Studies of seated and standing male nudes, with subsidiary studies of forearms and cherubs' heads
black and white chalk on blue paper, unframed
10 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (27.8 x 40.2 cm.); and three other figure studies from the Italian School, 18th and early 19th Centuries (4)

A. Maggiori (L. 3005b), his attribution 'Cercate[?] di Carlo Maratti per i Termini nella Conclusione intagliata dal Wanvesteraut[?]' (on the verso).
C. Argentieri (L. 486b).
P.G. Breschi (L. 2079b).

Specialist note

Maggiori's inscription, though difficult to read, may refer to the printmaker Arnold Westerhout, who engraved a number of compositions by Carlo Maratti.