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GIACOMO BERTÉSI (Soresina 1643-1710 Cremona) Two drawings of saints.
Pen and brown ink and wash and red chalk on cream laid paper. First: 250x125 mm; 10x5 inches; Second: 257x145 mm; 10x5 3/4 inches.
Provenance: Unknown collector, partial ink stamp lower left recto on both; private collection, Massachusetts.
Bertesi was a Baroque wood sculptor active in Cremona and during the 1690s he worked in Spain. Both of the current drawings show his inclination as a sculptor, with the saints presented as sculptural figures set on pedestals.
