Offered by Igra Lignum
French Furniture and Art Pieces of the 18th century and Empire period
Anonymous, late 18th or early 19th century.
Neoclassical Roman school, souvenir of the Grand Tour.
Pair of fan projects, circa 1800 (framed).
Gouaches on paper.
Attributed to
Tomasso (or Tommaso) Bigatti (active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries)
or
Michelangelo Maestri (c.1743-1812; active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries).
"Casino dell'Aurora" after "The Chariot of Dawn" (Rome, Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi; ceiling fresco, 1599) by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), known as Guercino or le Guerchin
"Aurora" after "Apollo guiding the chariot of the Sun preceded by the Dawn" (Rome, Palazzo Parravicini Rospigliosi; ceiling fresco, 1613-1614) by Guido Reni (1575-1642), called the Guide.
Comment
Seen at the Salon du Dessin in Paris, March 25-30, 2015, at David Tunick, Inc.'s "Works of Art on paper," New York,
two similar gouaches (rectangular format)
Dimensions
Each : H. ~ 17 cm / W. ~ 55.5 cm (on view)
Delevery information :
A wooden box is made for each article. For especially fragile furniture pieces, we produce customized boxes.