Antonio Tempesta - Wild Boar Hunt - image-1

Lot 1313 Dα

Antonio Tempesta - Wild Boar Hunt

Auction 1132 - overview Cologne
18.05.2019, 11:00 - Fine Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 4.712 € (incl. premium)
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Antonio Tempesta

Wild Boar Hunt

Brown ink and wash on paper, mounted on laid paper. 43 x 65.6 cm.
Framed.
Monogrammed lower right: AT (conjoined) To the far right: 43 A.

The present large-format drawing can be dated to around 1600 and originates from the important drawing collection of Antoine-Joseph d´Argenville. This large and well documented assortment of works was dispersed in 1779 at the request of d'Argentville's widow (J. Labbé und L. Bicart-Sée: La Collection de Dessins du Antoine-Joseph d´Argenville, Paris 1996).
Antonio Tempesta painted the frescoes of the Stanza della Caccia in the Villa Lante in Latium between 1588 and 1590. One of these frescoes also depicted a wild boar hunt, although the present drawing is neither directly related to these frescoes or to any of the artist's numerous copperplate engravings (E. Leuschner: Antonio Tempesta. Ein Bahnbrecher des römischen Barocks und seine europäische Wirkung, 2005).

Provenance

Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d´Argenville (Lugt 2951 and 2952). - His sale at Pierre Rémy, Paris 18.01./ 28.01.1779. (as one of three drawings under lot 15). - German private ownership.