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Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano — Recto: Venus and Vulcan, Cupid and putti Verso: Madonna and Child and St. Elizabeth with St. John the Baptist
Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano

Recto: Venus and Vulcan, Cupid and putti Verso: Madonna and Child and St. Elizabeth with St. John the Baptist

A complex double-sided drawing by Giulio Romano featuring Venus and Vulcan with cupids on the recto, and Madonna and Child with saints on the verso, executed in mixed media on prepared paper.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and point of the brush and brown and grey wash, heightened with white and beige on grey-blue paper washed light brown, over black chalk, partially indented for transfer (recto); black chalk (verso);

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Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

July 6, 2022

Estimate: $80,000$120,000

Lot 10

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Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, Recto: Venus and Vulcan, Cupid and putti Verso: Madonna and Child and St. Elizabeth with St. John the Baptist

A complex double-sided drawing by Giulio Romano featuring Venus and Vulcan with cupids on the recto, and Madonna and Child with saints on the verso, executed in mixed media on prepared paper.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and point of the brush and brown and grey wash, heightened with white and beige on grey-blue paper washed light brown, over black chalk, partially indented for transfer (recto); black chalk (verso);
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Pen and Ink, Wash, Double-Sided, Transfer, Religious, Italian, Mythological, Renaissance