Null Piranesi,G.B.
Spaccato del Sepolcro di Alessandro Severo. Etching, 1756. Pl…

Description

Piranesi,G.B. Spaccato del Sepolcro di Alessandro Severo. Etching, 1756. Plgr. 38.5 x 46.5 cm. Sheet XXXII from the second volume of "Le Antichità Romane".

3070

Piranesi,G.B. Spaccato del Sepolcro di Alessandro Severo. Etching, 1756. Plgr. 38.5 x 46.5 cm. Sheet XXXII from the second volume of "Le Antichità Romane".

Auction is over for this lot. See the results

You may also like

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Italy. Costumi di Roma e sue vicinanze. Rome, Alessandro Depoletti, [1840]. Album in-12 (13 x 7 cm) accordion-fold, publisher's cardboard folder and slipcase covered with green chagrined paper, cloth spine, interior reinforcement. Album including an illustrated engraved title and 32 engravings, all hand watercolored (male and female costumes from Rome and its surroundings). A very good copy.

Estim. 30 000 - 40 000 EUR

MARCELLO VENUSTI (Como 1512 - 1515 - Rome). "Calvary". Oil on panel. We thank Mrs. Francesca Parrilla for her help in the expertise of the piece. Measurements: 24 x 15,5 cm; 47,5 x 41 cm (frame). It is a painting belonging to the circle of Marcello Venusti, which is deduced from the aesthetics with which the work has been conceived, which starts from a realistic pictorial language, very influenced by the art of sculpture, with a great symbolic sense that allows us two readings, the symbolic and the realistic. There is importance for the detail, with a meticulous description of the objects, nothing escapes the eye of the painter, and in this case despite the sobriety of the scene, the treatment of the cross, and the skull that lies at the feet present a delicate detailed treatment, refinement is also abandoned, real beings appear without idealistic intention. In this particular case the piece presents a great compositional similarity with the piece "Christus am Kreuz", which belongs to the collection of paintings of the state of Bavaria. The German piece attributed to Marcello Venusti is dated between 1515 and 1579. Marcello Venusti was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Rome in the mid-16th century. A native of Mazzo di Valtellina, near Como, he is said to have been a pupil of Perino del Vaga. He is best known for a scale oil copy (now Museo di Capodimonte, Naples) of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, which was completed during the master's lifetime and met with his approval. This is the best record of what the fresco looked like before drapery was added to many of the nude figures in the 1560s, although Venusti discreetly adjusted some of the scale discrepancies between Michelangelo's figures. Several altarpieces for Roman churches, such as for the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, are also attributed to Venusti. We thank Ms. Francesca Parrilla for her help in the expertise of the piece.

Estim. 350 - 500 EUR

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778), View of the Milvius / Milvio Bridge in Rome, titled: Veduta del Ponte Molle sul Tevere due miglia lontan da Roma, Etching, proof on vellum, BE, dimensions at sight: 49x72.5 cm + frame: 74x114 cm, dry stamp of the Regia Calcografia di Roma. Piranesi was an Italian archaeologist, architect and classical artist, famous for his engravings of Rome, Italy, and of fictional, atmospheric "prisons". These engravings in the collections of several major international museums (Harvard, Royal Academy...)

Online payments are secured by Ingenico and encrypted transactions.

Each lot has been authenticated and appraised by an Auction House.

Consult our FAQ or contact us

Composed of several subsidiaries, the Drouot Group is a major player in the art market. Hôtel Drouot, located in the heart of Paris, has been the world's largest public auction center since 1852. 15 salerooms are available to more than 70 auction houses. The emulation generated by an annual offer of 230,000 artworks from 21 major specialities - from Antiquity to street art - attracts some 3,000 visitors every day. The Group's digital platform, Drouot.com, offers digital sales - Live auctions (live broadcasting and participation in auctions), Online-only auctions (dematerialised auctions) and Buy Now sales (sales of lots at fixed prices). Nearly 2 million items are offered annually by 600 auction houses. Auction news is reported every week in La Gazette Drouot, the leading weekly magazine for the art market and culture published by Auctionspress.

More about Drouot

Drouot certified auction houses

Contacts

HÔTEL DROUOT

9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris, France

+33 (0)1 48 00 20 00

[email protected]

DROUOT.com

[email protected]