Lot 121
Piola (Domenico) A landscape with a shepherd resting near a large tree.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
Piola (Domenico, 1627-1703), A landscape with a shepherd resting near a large tree, brown wash, over black chalk, on laid paper pasted onto support, inscribed 'Do Piola' lower left, 285 x 420 mm. (11 1/4 x 16 1/3 in), unframed
Provenance:
Santo Varni (1807-1885), Genoa [Lugt 3531], with associated inscription '13. Colln S.V.' in pen and brown ink on mount;
Eugene Susini (1900-1982);
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 18th April 1989, lot 28
Kate de Rothschild;
Private collection, Paris, until 2015
⁂ The execution of the present drawing, the brown wash applied with the brush over a sketch in black chalk, can be closely compared with Piola's Rest on the Flight into Egypt (see Sotheby's New York, Old Master and British Drawings, including the Dormeuil Collection, 30th January 1997, lot 54).
Description
Piola (Domenico, 1627-1703), A landscape with a shepherd resting near a large tree, brown wash, over black chalk, on laid paper pasted onto support, inscribed 'Do Piola' lower left, 285 x 420 mm. (11 1/4 x 16 1/3 in), unframed
Provenance:
Santo Varni (1807-1885), Genoa [Lugt 3531], with associated inscription '13. Colln S.V.' in pen and brown ink on mount;
Eugene Susini (1900-1982);
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 18th April 1989, lot 28
Kate de Rothschild;
Private collection, Paris, until 2015
⁂ The execution of the present drawing, the brown wash applied with the brush over a sketch in black chalk, can be closely compared with Piola's Rest on the Flight into Egypt (see Sotheby's New York, Old Master and British Drawings, including the Dormeuil Collection, 30th January 1997, lot 54).