Live Auction 5877Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 31

ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Hercules and the Hydra, after the antique

Closed2 December 2014

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GBP 1,000

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Hercules and the Hydra, after the antique
black chalk, stumping
15¾ x 8¾ in. (40 x 22 cm.)

Unidentified collector's mark 'VE' in a circle (not in Lugt).
Dr. C.R. Rudolf (L. 2811b); Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 6 June 1977, lot 65.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 17 April 1996, lot 16 (as Flemish School, 17th Century).

Specialist note

The drawing depicts an antique statue, now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome (inv. no. MC0236), which was rediscovered during the construction of the church of Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona, Rome, after it had been extensively restored by Alessandro Algardi.