Roman School, late 16th Century

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Roman School, late 16th Century

The Arms of a Cardinal flanked by Learning and Faith

black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on brown preparation, the outlines pricked
179 x 192mm.

來源

Baron Heinrich von Geymüller (L. 1133)

拍品專文

The arms are close to those of Felice Peretti, later Pope Sixtus V, but the lion holds a sword rather than a flower. The present drawing is probably preparatory for a print. Similar compositions with allegorical figures flanking a Cardinal's coat-of-arms were etched by Oliviero Gatti (Illustrated Bartsch 41, no. 33) and Giovanni Luigi Valesio (Illustrated Bartsch 40, no. 96)