Lot 75
  • 75

Stefano della Bella

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Stefano della Bella
  • A group of nine small sketches including a study of the head of a gargoyle, a study of two male figures conversing and a set of four studies of putti
  • All pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk;
    some numbered in pen and brown ink

Provenance

Set of Putti:
Kinnaird Castle (according to a label on the mount)

Condition

All laid down. Light scattered foxing on all the sheets. The pen and ink remains fairly strong on all the drawings. Presented on two different mounts, a group of 5 and a group of 4. Sold framed.
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