Jan 29, 2013 - Sale 2301

Sale 2301 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
FRANCESCO BRIZIO (CIRCLE OF)
(Bologna 1574-1623 Bologna)
St. Michael Slaying the Dragon.

Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper. 305x262 mm; 12x10 1/4 inches.

The figure of St. Michael is similar, in reverse, to St. Roch in Brizio's St. Roch Interceding for the Divine Protection of an Elderly Gentleman and a Sleeping Shepherd, after Parmigianino, engraving, 1602-03 (Bartsch 9).