Live Auction 11787Old Master & British Drawings
Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555-1630 Rome)
Lot 9

Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555-1630 Rome)

Saint George and the Dragon

Closed5 July 2016

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GBP 5,625

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Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555-1630 Rome)
Saint George and the Dragon
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), red chalk outlines (verso)
9¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.4 x 16.9 cm.)

F. Desmarais (L. 3358).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1989, lot 272.

Specialist note

A study, with differences, for an engraving published in The history of the order of Saint George (see Bartsch, XVII, p. 279, no. 1442).