Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

Giovanni Battista Crespi, called il Cerano

Four studies of a mastiff dog and another dog

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Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Giovanni Battista Crespi, called il Cerano

(Romagnano Sesia 1573 - 1632 Milan)

Four studies of a mastiff and another dog

Red chalk;

bears signature in red chalk lower right: Gio Batta / Crespi and numbering in pen and brown ink upper left: 3.

164 by 242 mm

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