Lot 1098 D α

Following a short apprenticeship under the copperplate engraver Cornelius Bloemaert, Odazzi entered the studio of Ciro Ferri (1633-1689) and later became a pupil and assistant of Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639-1709), known as il Bacciccio, following Ferri's death. Odazzi spent almost his entire life in Rome and Latium and his style developed in the same vein as that which he was taught by Ferri and Gaulli with little divergence.
We would like to thank Professor Erich Schleier for confirming the attribution of this work upon examination of high-resolution photographs and for his assistance in cataloguing the piece.