ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO CLOVIO
A SAINT , 1919 (Executed)
Lot #13 |
2020-01-29 |
Sotheby's, New York
Old Master Drawings
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 6,000 - 8,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10307
Auction name: Old Master Drawings
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2020-01-29
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Old Master Painting
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 110 by 83 mm; 4⅜by 3¼in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
11.113
Width In Centimeters:
8.255
Height In Inches:
4.375
Width In Inches:
3.25
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Year notes: Executed between 1919 and 2016.
Provenance
Brice Hereford, by 1835; with Edwin Boucher, Trogen, by 1980 Catalogue note This arresting miniature, depicting a saint dressed in vibrant green and pink garments, set against a gold background, embodies the Byzantine representation of saintly icon figures in its frontal positioning and the proximity of the bust to the picture plane. However, the way in which the features are rendered, the intensity of the gaze and the delicate handling of the hair and beard, imbue this portrait with a striking realism, suggesting that it may have been a study done from life. Two very similarly composed works, only known through engravings by Philippe Thomassin after drawings by Giulio Clovio, representing the busts of Jesus and of Mary, are very comparable in their handling and compositional approach to the present portrait miniature. 1 See note to lot 1 for more information on Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016). 1. Prints after Giulio Clovio , exhib. cat., Zagreb, Palace of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998, nos. 30-31
Catalog summary
Property from the collection of Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016) ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO CLOVIO Grisone, Croatia 1498 - 1578 Rome A SAINT Watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with gold on vellum, wood mount, inlaid with four mother-of-pearl segments 110 by 83 mm; 4⅜by 3¼in. Oval Provenance Brice Hereford, by 1835; with Edwin Boucher, Trogen, by 1980 Catalogue note This arresting miniature, depicting a saint dressed in vibrant green and pink garments, set against a gold background, embodies the Byzantine representation of saintly icon figures in its frontal positioning and the proximity of the bust to the picture plane. However, the way in which the features are rendered, the intensity of the gaze and the delicate handling of the hair and beard, imbue this portrait with a striking realism, suggesting that it may have been a study done from life. Two very similarly composed works, only known through engravings by Philippe Thomassin after drawings by Giulio Clovio, representing the busts of Jesus and of Mary, are very comparable in their handling and compositional approach to the present portrait miniature. 1 See note to lot 1 for more information on Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016). 1. Prints after Giulio Clovio , exhib. cat., Zagreb, Palace of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998, nos. 30-31