Lot 21
Paolo Fidanza (1731–1795) After Raffaello “Raphael” Sanzio da Urbino (1483–1520)
Lot 21 Details
Paolo Fidanza (1731–1795) After Raffaello “Raphael” Sanzio da Urbino (1483–1520), Italian
HEAD OF MANDRICARDO (FIDANZA’S “IDEA” (UNIQUE STUDY)
ink drawing on fine laid paper with watermark of a shield with scrolled top laying on its side, tipped at the top two corners to a paper support with laid lines
inscribed “Idea di un mostro chiamato Mandricardo, che dicesi esser stato Nano di Costantino Imperatore
dipinto da Raffaello nel Vatican" by Paolo Fidanza in pen and ink below the drawing on the mount and to label verso
Sheet 15.6 ins x 12 ins; 39.7 cms x 30.5 cms; Mounted 17 ins x 13.4 ins; 43.2 cms x 34 cms
Estimate $800-$1,200
Additional Images
Provenance:
Estate of Fred Helson, Toronto, ON;
By descent to his wife, Toronto, ON
Note:
Paolo's drawing was inspired by the figure lower left in the fresco executed by Raphael's workshop, “The Vision of the Cross” in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524.
Paolo Fidanza became famous for publishing six volumes of prints of heads after Raphael between 1757 and 1763. He drew and published the drawings after Raphael and other famous painters as etchings for a bound series called “Teste Scelte di Personaggi Illustri in Lettere, e in Armi',” Vols. I and II published in 1762 and 1763.
Fidanza’s smaller published etching of this drawing contained engraved letters and publishing information in the plate lower right.