Jan 31, 2002 - Sale 1923

Sale 1923 - Lot 27

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
GIULIO ROMANO (ATTRIBUTED TO)
A Grotesque Face Framed by Vine Branches and Leaves<>.

Pen and brown ink and wash on thin cream laid paper. 162x168 mm; 6 3/8x6 5/8 inches. Partial geometrical watermark.

Similar mascherones<> were used by Giulio Romano (1499-1546) in his decorations of the Loggia di Davide in the Palazzo del Te in Mantua.