- 193
After Pietro da Cortona
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Six mythological scenes, including Antiochus and Stratonice, The Continence of Scipio and Ottaviano and Cleopatra
- All pen and coloured inks and washes
Catalogue Note
The six scenes portrayed in the present lot are after a selection of Pietro da Cortona's frescoes found in the Sala di Venere1 in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
1. See G. Briganti, Pietro da Cortona, Florence 1982, pp. 225-227, figs 206-211, reproduced