Austrian, 18th Century
Saint Nicholas, Seated on a Cloud with Attendant Angels: possibly a study for a 1771 etching by Schmidt
Inscribed indistinctly ... Joh (ll)
Brown ink and wash on an irregularly shaped sheet with an arched top
Sight 6 1/4 x 6 inches (15.9 x 15.2 cm)
Framed with an impression of the etching Saint Nicholas Rescuing a Ship Caught in a Storm, for which this drawing appears to be a study, on the reverse.
Frame 13 3/4 x 12 inches (35 x 30.5 cm)
Provenance:
Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York, before 1971
Private collection, New York
Sold for $320
Estimated at $500 - $800
Includes Buyer's Premium
Austrian, 18th Century
Saint Nicholas, Seated on a Cloud with Attendant Angels: possibly a study for a 1771 etching by Schmidt
Inscribed indistinctly ... Joh (ll)
Brown ink and wash on an irregularly shaped sheet with an arched top
Sight 6 1/4 x 6 inches (15.9 x 15.2 cm)
Framed with an impression of the etching Saint Nicholas Rescuing a Ship Caught in a Storm, for which this drawing appears to be a study, on the reverse.
Frame 13 3/4 x 12 inches (35 x 30.5 cm)
Provenance:
Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York, before 1971
Private collection, New York
There is a large piece cut from the sheet in the sky above Saint Nicholas. Small ink spatters and spots of foxing; creasing.
Not viewed out of the frame.
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