Lot 1692 , Circle of Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727-1785), ink and watercolour on paper, The Education of Achilles. Preparatory study for the painting of Chiron instructing Achilles with the bow, painted for an ante-room
Circle of Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727-1785), ink and watercolour on paper, The Education of Achilles. Preparatory study for the painting of Chiron instructing Achilles with the bow, painted for an ante-room at Lansdowne House. A signed version is in the Fitzwilliam Museum no.3303, 21.5 x 19.5cm. Condition - fair/good
£400-600
Condition:
Good honest condition, slight undulation so not laid down, some even discolouration of the paper, colours probably a little faded but still fair, under glass in a later washline mount and plain gilt frame.