Lot 244
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Luigi Sabatelli I

Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Luigi Sabatelli I
  • Heads of Two Young Men in Profile; Lower Left Head Possibly Giuseppe Bezzuoli
  • inscribed in brow ink Bozzetto di Luigi Sabatelli do:  il gnomino 1795 e comae prosperi, and Giuseppe Bazzuoli di anni 10 e mest 10.
  • pen and black ink on paper.  Together with André Jacques Victor Orsel (1795 - 1850), Portrait of a Girl in Profile, signed VO in graphite lower left, pencil on wove paper.  2 works.

Provenance

The first: Probably a gift from the artist to Giuseppe Bezzuoli
Thence by descent to Bezzuoli-Macciò-Parri (his collector's stamp, not in Lugt)
Flavia Ormond Fine Arts Ltd., London
Acquired from the above, 1998

The second: Galerie Jacques Fischer, Paris
Coleman Bancroft, New York
Acquired from the above, 2008

Exhibited

The first: New York, James MacKinnon at W. M. Brady & Co., Inc. Paintings and Sketches 1780 - 1800, 1998, no. 6
Morgan 2001, no. 56
The second: Yale 2010, no. 153

Condition

The first: Some pale stains and surface dirt, inscription from the verso partly showing through, but overall condition sound. Not examined out of frame. The second: A small repair of the sitter's shoulder, some pale discoloration, otherwise in good condition. Not examined out of frame.
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