Live Auction 17994Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called il Baciccio (Genoa 1639-1709 Rome)
Lot 35 From the Collection of Jean Bonna

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called il Baciccio (Genoa 1639-1709 Rome)

An angel seated on a cloud, playing a harp

Closed28 January 2020

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Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called il Baciccio (Genoa 1639-1709 Rome)
An angel seated on a cloud, playing a harp
with number '16' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in black chalk
10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27.7 x 22.4 cm)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2004, lot 15.

Specialist note

A typical example of Gaulli’s studies for his crowded, illusionistic ceiling paintings, this sheet has been associated with several similar figures in decorative schemes of his invention, including those at the Roman churches of Sant’Agnese in Agone and the Gesù (1671-1672), his masterpiece. However, the finish and squaring of the figure in the present sheet suggests the study was used for an angel in yet another work.