Lot 18
  • 18

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mauro Antonio Tesi
  • Heraldic OrnamentRecto: Two shields supported by putti;Verso: A similar design
  • Pen and brown ink and wash, over traces of black chalk;
    signed, lower left: Tesi and bears an old attribution on an added strip of paper, verso: M. Tesi

Provenance

With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London,
where purchased, 1949

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 447;
Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from the Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 139

Condition

Hinge mounted to the left edge. There are two vertical old creases to the left and right edges and a very faint horizontal crease to the centre of the sheet. The paper is very slightly foxed, but the work is in otherwise good condition with the medium fresh and vibrant throughout.
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