Live Auction 29281TDCR-492 With 202 lot
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Lot 255 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Lorenzo Sabatini (Bologna circa 1530-1576 Rome)

A putto seen from below

Closed31 August 2025

Estimate

GBP 2,000–3,000

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Lorenzo Sabatini (Bologna circa 1530-1576 Rome)
A putto seen from below
red chalk, watermark Gothic P, the corners cut
4 x 5 1⁄8 (10.1 x 12.9 cm.)

Giovanni Battista Cipriani R.A. (1727-1785) (possibly his inscription 'Scuola Fiorentina' and 'G. Bat. Cipriani 1770' on the mount).
Unidentified collector's mark (L. 619a).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2002, lot 31.

Specialist note

This study was first connected to Sabatini's fresco in the Palazzo Venezia, Rome by Mario Di Giampaolo in 2002 (see provenance).