Antonio TEMPESTA (Florence, 1555 - Rome, 1630)
The bear hunt
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and white gouache highlights.
Height 20 - Width 28 cm
Passed with a stylus. Important damages restored on the edges.
Provenance : Anonymous sale, Versailles, Me Blache, 18 June 1968.
The drawing is preparatory with variants for an engraving in reverse, listed by Bartsch (The illustrated Bartsch, vol. 37 (17), Antonio Tempesta, New York, ed. Abaris Books, 1984, n° 1154, repr.).
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