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Recto: Prometheus bound Verso: Calligraphic exercises

A double-sided drawing featuring Prometheus bound on the recto, executed in red chalk with stumping and black chalk accents. The verso contains calligraphic exercises in pen and brown ink.

Medium: Red chalk and stumping with touches of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso);
Spotted At: Auction House · Sotheby's

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Old Master and British Works on Paper

January 19, 2022

Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000

Lot 75

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Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn, Recto: Prometheus bound Verso: Calligraphic exercises

A double-sided drawing featuring Prometheus bound on the recto, executed in red chalk with stumping and black chalk accents. The verso contains calligraphic exercises in pen and brown ink.

Medium

Red chalk and stumping with touches of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso);

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Recto: Prometheus bound Verso: Calligraphic exercises

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Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn, Recto: Prometheus bound Verso: Calligraphic exercises

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