From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
Pier Francesco Mola
Elijah in the Fiery Chariot
Auction Closed
January 27, 09:35 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pier Francesco Mola
Coldrerio 1612 - 1666 Rome
Elijah in the Fiery Chariot
Pen and brown ink and wash over red chalk, within partial red chalk framing lines;
bears old attribution in brown ink, lower left: mich. ange de carr...ge.
232 by 124 mm; 9 1/8 by 4 7/8 in
with St. Luke's Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
where acquired, 1994
This characteristic example of Mola's draughtsmanship does not appear to be connected to any surviving work by the artist, though it can be closely compared on stylistic grounds to an exquisite sheet depicting Venus Rescuing Aeneas, previously in the collection of Paul and Helen Bernat, datable to circa 1650.1
1. Sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 2010, lot 29