Live auction - Lot 219
Sketchbook with c. 82 figure and composition studies.
Mid 19th c
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Pencil, brown ink, brown and grey wash, heightened with white, charcoal, 28,4 x 34,1 cm, light brown wove paper, few illeg. ms. notes and "Angelique De Grave, Rue St. Géry N° 2" (few spots).
Contemp. three-quarter green cloth (used).
Interesting set of drawings in an angular but attractive hand. Subjects incl. nude studies, dressed figures, the death of Socrates, Judith and Holofernes, the crucifion of St Peter, and antique sculptures such as the Laocoön Group and the Wrestlers.