Live auction - Lot 75
[Italian school]
Grotesque animal.
S.l., 17th-18th c
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
Drawing, watercolour, laid paper 14,5 x 21 cm visible part, unsigned (sl. foxing, small worm holes to the right part).
Under glass and pietra dura frame, 30 x 32,5 cm (not studied outside frame).
Fantastic view of an armadillo with 2 long antennae, large ears and 2 tails. Preserved in a double ebony wood frame, inner border of reddish-greyish marble decorated with 4 oval and 4 diamond lapis-lazuli stones inscribed in smaller wood frames with gilt edges. Attractive piece.