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Benvenuto Tisi, called Garofalo — A Bishop seated with his left hand on a book, two young men kneeling nearby and a third standing behind, in an architectural setting
Benvenuto Tisi, called Garofalo

A Bishop seated with his left hand on a book, two young men kneeling nearby and a third standing behind, in an architectural setting

Benvenuto Tisi's (Garofalo) drawing depicts a bishop seated with his hand on a book, flanked by young men in an architectural setting rendered in pen, brown ink, wash, and heightened white. The work exemplifies Renaissance draftsmanship and religious iconography.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, heightened with partly oxidised white, within a niche drawn in pen and ink and oxidised white;
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

July 6, 2022

Estimate: $25,000 – $35,000

Lot 9

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Benvenuto Tisi, called Garofalo, A Bishop seated with his left hand on a book, two young men kneeling nearby and a third standing behind, in an architectural setting

Benvenuto Tisi's (Garofalo) drawing depicts a bishop seated with his hand on a book, flanked by young men in an architectural setting rendered in pen, brown ink, wash, and heightened white. The work exemplifies Renaissance draftsmanship and religious iconography.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, heightened with partly oxidised white, within a niche drawn in pen and ink and oxidised white;
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Pen and Ink, Figure Study, Bishop Figure, Italian Renaissance, Religious Scene, 16th Century, Ferrara School, Architectural Setting