Jan 24, 2005 - Sale 2030

Sale 2030 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,200
PIETRO BUONACCORSI, CALLED PERINO DEL VAGA (CIRCLE OF)
(Florence 1501-1547 Rome)
Fortitude.

Pen and brown ink and wash on cream laid paper. 377x176 mm; 15x7 inches.

A study for one of the Four Cardinal Virtues in the Sala Paolina of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome. No preparatory drawing of this subject by Perino is known to exist, although there exists a study for one of the other Virtues.