Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Study of a frieze depicting Alcibiades and Hetaerae, after the antique
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January 26, 08:01 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Florence 1727 - 1785 London
Study of a frieze depicting Alcibiades and Hetaerae, after the antique
Red chalk, heightened with white on yellow tinted paper;
signed in red chalk, lower right: Cipriani f
bears inscription in brown ink, verso: In risposta di quanto favorite aece...
240 by 322 mm; 9½ by 12¾ in.
Nathaniel Hone (L.2793)
The ancient marble of Alcibiades and Hetaerae, on which the present work is based, was in the Farnese Collection before being transferred to the Museo Archeologico in Naples in 1870.