Circle of Francesco Salviati

Roman soldiers attacking a Temple within city walls

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February 2, 06:12 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Italian Drawings from a Private Collection, USA

Circle of Francesco Salviati

Roman soldiers attacking a Temple within city walls

Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk;

inscribed with a list of Roman emperors and numbers in pen and brown ink, in sixteenth century hand, verso

323 by 260 mm; 12⅝ by 10¼ in.

The Cecile and Milton Hebald Collection;

sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2003, lot 1,

where acquired

Los Angeles, University of California, Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, Studies in Drawings, Selections from the Cecile and Milton Hebald Collection, 1970, cat. 5, illus.;

On loan to the Ackland Art Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Although previously attributed to a follower of Vasari, the style of the figures suggests the drawing is closer to Salviati. In composition, however, it shows the influence of Vasari's battle scenes in the Palazzo Vecchio. The black chalk framing lines on the sheet may indicate that this was intended for a book illustration rather than a large-scale work.