Lot 47
Lot 47
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PROPERTY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERIC STANLEY
PIETRO FANCELLI (BOLOGNA 1764-1850)

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul

Price Realised GBP 875
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GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500
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PIETRO FANCELLI (BOLOGNA 1764-1850)

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul

Price Realised GBP 875
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Price Realised GBP 875
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PIETRO FANCELLI (BOLOGNA 1764-1850)
The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul
inscribed 'Piedi 6. 1/2' (i)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, proprietary watermark GB (ii)
1758 x 1212 in. (44.9 x 31.8 cm)
Provenance
La Société historique et littéraire polonaise de Paris; Christie's, London, 4 July 1972, lot 44.
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Lot Essay

Trained at the Accademia Clementina as a painter and set designer, Fancelli decorated the most important palaces of Bologna. His typical combination of a fine parallel hatching and gray wash is seen in the study for Saint John the Baptist in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (inv. 2012.58.58).
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