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Unknown — Recto: Saint Luke seated on a bull Verso: Two hands holding a quill
Unknown

Recto: Saint Luke seated on a bull Verso: Two hands holding a quill

A double-sided drawing depicting Saint Luke seated on a bull on the recto and two hands holding a quill on the verso. The work employs pen and brown ink with grey wash over chalk on the front, and black chalk on the back.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and grey wash over red and black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)

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Old Master & British Works on Paper

July 2, 2021

Estimate: $4,000$6,000

Lot 86

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Unknown, Recto: Saint Luke seated on a bull Verso: Two hands holding a quill

A double-sided drawing depicting Saint Luke seated on a bull on the recto and two hands holding a quill on the verso. The work employs pen and brown ink with grey wash over chalk on the front, and black chalk on the back.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and grey wash over red and black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Religious Art, Pen and Ink, Iconography, Saint Luke, Chalk Drawing, Bull

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art