Forney, TX
Starting at 30% Off
Sale Ends Today! - Shop Now
Details
- Dimensions
- 12ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 16ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
Shop Sustainably with Chairish
- Materials
- Paper
- Pencil
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Tan
- Condition Notes
- Excellent antique condition. The photos finish the description. Excellent antique condition. The photos finish the description. less
- Description
-
A 19th Century Italian School, drawing on paper by Bernardo Celentano (1835-1863). Study of a model posed an as angel …
more
A 19th Century Italian School, drawing on paper by Bernardo Celentano (1835-1863). Study of a model posed an as angel holding a scroll. Signed.
Approx 16"H, 12"W, .75"D (overall)
8.5" x 5" (visible)
PROVENANCE:
Giovanni Piancastelli (1845-1926), painter, collector and Director of the Galleria Borghese, Rome (likely the compiler of the albums in which this sheet was contained);
Estate of Reverend Father Francis Agius (1891-1958) of Our Lady of Counsel, Inwood, Long Island, New York;
Sale, New York, by heirs of the above;
Harry Glass, Long Island, New York, circa 1950s, acquired from the above;
Estate of the above;
Neal Glass and Kerry Betensky of Long Island, New York by descent;
Estate of the above.
EXHIBITED:
"Italian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolors," Shepherd Gallery, New York, April 1976.
LITERATURE:
R. Olson, Italian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolors: An Album. Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla, Shepherd Gallery, New York, April 1976
Modernists and traditionalists will covet this work. And, without a doubt, this presents a singular opportunity for enthusiasts of 19th-century European academic drawings.
Collectors will note, this belongs to an attractive selection of 19th-century academic drawings from the estate of Neal Glass and Kerry Betensky. These sheets originate from an immense corpus of over 12,000 drawings assembled into a series of albums in the later 19th century by Giovanni Piancastelli (1845-1926), a painter as well as then-Director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome. During Piancastelli's period of activity, collecting drawings on this scale was not uncommon, particularly for a figure with close ties to an artistic community such as he had. It is notable that the current selection of drawings were contemporary works of art when Piancastelli acquired them. Many of the artists represented were figures Piancastelli knew personally, and who held teaching positions at the Academy of San Luca in Rome. While the fate of Piancastelli's entire drawing collection is unknown, the first batch purchased from it en bloc was sold in 1901 to the American Hewitt sisters, Sarah and Eleanor, who were forming a museum in New York City. Their 3,500 Piancastelli drawings remain in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Please note that the cataloguing for these sheets follows the extensive research and connoisseurship undertaken by the Shepherd Gallery, New York, as published in the catalogue to its 1976 exhibition Italian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolors: An Album. Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla. less
Forney, TX
Starting at 30% Off
Sale Ends Today! - Shop Now
Questions about the item?
Featured Promoted Listings
Related Collections
- Balmain Drawings
- Abstract Pencil Drawings
- Amber Drawings
- Plywood Drawings
- Lace Drawings
- Artemide Drawings
- Irving Amen Drawings
- Porcelain Drawings
- 1950s Fashion Drawings
- Peter Max Drawings
- Oyster Gray Drawings
- Purvis Young Drawings
- Black and White Drawings
- Charcoal Drawings
- Ink Drawings
- Pencil Drawings
- Fashion Drawings
- Stephanie Cate Drawings
- Lime Drawings
- Collura and Co. Drawings
- Steel Drawings
- Architectural Drawings
- Edwardian Drawings
- Feather Drawings
- Memphis Drawings