3 Allegorical Drawings From the 17th-19th Centuries, 17th-19th centuries

Top left:
Dutch School, after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, German-born, 1558-1617)
Helios, 17th century
Wash pen drawing with gouache highlights
Sight: 15 x 11 in.
Framed; 22 ⅜ x 17 ⅞ x 1 in.

Provenance: Galerie ADR, Aigaliers, FR (2021)

Condition: very good (not examined outside of frame)

Value: $1,000

This drawing is a period reproduction based on Hendrick Goltiuz' famed woodcut titled Helios executed circa 1588-1589 for the "Demogorgon and the Deities" series. This drawing, while likely not created by Goltiuz himself, is an excellent quality interpretation of the original image.

Top right:
Tommaaso Minardi (1787-1871)
Charity, 19th century
Graphite and ink on paper
Sight: 10 ¼ x 8 ½ in.
Framed; 22 x 18 x ¾ in.

Provenance:
Piancastelli, Brandege (1860)
Antique Revival, Big Flats, NY (2018)

Condition: Good condition, wear consistent with age (not examined outside of frame)

Value: $1,200

Minardi was an Italian artist active primarily in Faenza, Rome, and Perugia. In 1810, he won a competition and a stipend from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. In Rome, his detailed engravings of masterworks, such as one of Michelangelo's Last Judgement, brought him praise. He spent time with the engraver Longhi in Milan, then returned to Rome. There he briefly joined the studio of Vincenzo Camuccini, a premier Neoclassic artist in Rome. Minardi became one of the leaders of a movement known as Purismo, who assembled in Rome between about 1810 and 1815. In 1819 he moved to Perugia, to join the Accademia di Belle Arti de Perugia as the professor of drawing and was soon promoted to director. A post to which he was recommended by Antonio Canova. His skill as a draughtsman gained him the appointment in 1822 as professor of drawing at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, replacing the recently deceased Luigi Agricola. He was to remain in Rome for thirty years in this position. In Rome, he accumulated a number of honors, and was named knight and Commendatore of the Ordine Piano, and gran commendatore of the Corona d'Italia. He was named inspector of public pictures, and to a number of commissions relating to art, as well as other art societies, including the Virtuosi of the Pantheon. He was named honorary member of a number of Art Academies across Europe.

Bottom:
Unknown Artist, French School
Lucrèce (Lucretia), 18th century
Ink on paper (Encre et sanguine sur papier vergé.
Collé en plein)
Sight: 3 ¾ x 6 ¼ in.
Framed: 12 ⅛ x 9 ⅝ x ⅞ in.

Provenance: Galerie Goulet DG, Nice, FR

Condition: Small area of loss upper right (not examined outside of frame)

Value: $350

This stunning ink drawing depicts Lucretia, a popular subject in Old Master works. According to The Getty: "The main source for the story of Lucretia is the History of Rome (Book I, 57 – 59) by ancient Roman historian Titus Livius. The legendary Lucretia was the virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. After her rape by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the King of Rome, she called on her father and her husband for vengeance and then, while proclaiming her innocence, stabbed herself to death. Anger and grief over Lucretia’s death led to a rebellion that brought down the corrupted monarchy and made her a martyr for freedom. Lucretia became an enduring symbol of female strength."