GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

112 [Italian school]
Sketches of Putti. [Genoa], C. 1600.
Drawing, pen and black ink, 14,6 x 21,5 cm, thick paper, unsigned (upper right
corner trimmed, foxing throughout, sm. black stains).
120 / 150 €
Dessins et peintures anciens – Oude tekeningen & schilderijen
A study sheet with seven putti in the clouds. Possibly Genoese school. With ms.
note in lower left corner: «A°:13=».
113 [Italian school]
BELLA, Stefano della - 2 drawings with figure studies. [Florence
or Paris], c. 1625-1664.
2 drawings, pen and brown ink, brown wash, 9,4 x 12,6 and 9,1 x 13,2 cm, laid
paper, unsigned (some brown spots sl. affecting the image, upper and lower right
corners of one folio trimmed, old glue traces at corners, minor dampstains). Under
passe-partout.
600 / 700 €
Three noblemen on horseback. The drawing is attributed to Bellotto (1722-
1780) on the passe-partout and shows some striking similarities to the very
linear drawing style of the Venetian painter, where he mastered the ability of
rendering his figures with a few frivolous lines. The sheet was probably part of a
larger study sheet or sketchbook.
115 [Italian school]
After CANALETTO - View on the campo Santi Giovanni e
Paolo. After 1738.
Drawing, pen and black ink, with grey wash, warm yellow paper, 27,5 x 36,5 cm,
unsigned (sl. trimmed at lower edge). Stuck under passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
An animated view of the famous square in Venice, dominated by the basilica
and the statue of Colleoni by Andrea Verocchio. In the foreground gondolas
are passing by up and down the canals. Probably after a painting by Canaletto
(now in the British Royal Collection, inv. RCIN 400715) of the same square which
includes identical figures such as the two boats and the men setting up a tent or
market stall in the left foreground. Canaletto has adjusted the view across the
Rio dei Mendicanti so that the west façade of the church is almost full frontal
and used another viewpoint so that the bridge on the left and the row of houses
on the right are all visible; the dome has also been enlarged.
116 [Italian school]
Attributed to CAVEDONE, Giacomo - A monk. [Bologna], c.
1592-1660.
Drawing, black chalk, 33,5 x 19,9 cm, on blue-grey paper, unsigned (edges frayed,
paper sl. worn, brown stains, old vertical fold line to the right side of the sheet,
some prick holes in the upper and lower corners). Under passe-partout.
300 / 400 €
One sheet with a representation of two horses and a horseman at an Italian
drinking fountain. The second drawing contains 7 figure studies of peasants and
beggars which were so typical of Della Bella’s satirical style. He was heavily
influenced by Callot both in subject matter as in drawing style. Della Bella
left several thousand drawings and our two sheets compare very well in style,
technique and used paper with signed and attributed drawings such as a study
sheet in the British Museum (1946,0413.197).
Ref. A. Blunt, «The drawings of Castiglione and Stefano Della Bella in the
Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle», London 1954.
114 [Italian school]
Attributed to BELLOTTO, Barnardo - Three horsemen. Venice,
C. 1740.
Drawing, pen and brown ink, 5,8 x 6,7 cm, underlaid paper, unsigned, numbered
in lower right corner «p. 8» (loss of paper at right edge and lower edge not affecting
the image, sm. dampstains). Stuck by upper corners under 19th-c. passe-partout
with attribution in hand-drawn cartouche.
600 / 700 €
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