Nov 03, 2021 - Sale 2586

Sale 2586 - Lot 576

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
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.