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Lot 77

Vittorio Maria Bigari, Italian 1692-1776-  Studies of three female figures;  pencil, pen, and...

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Lot 77

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 
Italian 1692-1776- 
Studies of three female figures; 
pencil, pen, and...

Price Realised: £1,443

Estimate: £300 - £500

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 77

Description

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 
Italian 1692-1776- 

Studies of three female figures; 

pencil, pen, and brown ink on laid paper, signed 'Bigari' (upper left), 15.2 x 12 cm. 

Provenance: 
Collection of Dr Richard P. Wunder, Vermont. 

with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1980 [no.43521].  
The Collection of Professor W. M. Ballantyne (1922-2021), and thence by descent.

Exhibited: 
Vermont, Middlebury College, 'Architectural, Ornament, Landscape and Figure Drawings collected by Richard P. Wunder', 1975, no.117. 
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1980, no.18. 

Note: 
Bigari was one of the most important decorative painters working in Bologna in the 18th century. His most famous decorative cycle is his series of frescoes in the Palazzo Aldrovandi and the Palazzo Ranuzzi, Bologna, which he was engaged on in the 1720s. The theatrical style of these late baroque frescoes is echoed in this drawing in which three elegant figures employ characteristically dramatic gestures. This sheet demonstrates how close Bigari's graphic style comes to that of his elder contemporary Donato Creti (1671-1749). 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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