- 3
Emilian School, circa 1600
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Pair of Grotesque Heads
Both pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper;
bears old attribution on mount in brown ink: Michel Angelo. Buon. and dated in pencil below: 1498
Provenance
Charles I (according to inscription on the mount);
Peter Lely (L.2092);
J. van Rijmsdijk (L.2167);
Dr. Cramer, Oxford (according to inscription on the back of the mount)
Condition
Both laid down on a mount. The medium remains fresh and strong in both heads. The animal head has a small hole lower left.
Sold in a simple gilded frame
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Another sheet of Grotesque heads with the same provenance as this sheet was in the collection of Janos Scholz, as attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi .1
1. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From The Collection of Janos Scholz, exhib.cat., Washington, National Gallery and New York,The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973-74, p. 59, no. 48