Carlo Innocenzo Carlone 1686 – Scaria – 1775 Landscape with Apollo and Daphne and other metamorphoses

Pen and brown ink over pencil on laid paper, laid down on cardboard. (c. 1745/47). 29.7 x 17 cm. Inscribed “Tiepolo” by another hand lower right.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Works on paper

Details

Literatur zum Fresko:
Peter O. Krückmann, Carlo Carlone (1686-1775). Der Ansbacher Auftrag, Landshut/Ergolding 1990, S. 63, Kat.-Nr. 33, mit farb. Abb.

Provenienz:
Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.

Description

The drawing is a modello for the ceiling fresco in the ballroom of the Villa Lechi, Montirone, which depicts the triumph of reason over its adversaries (see comparative illus.). – Foxing and with tiny marginal tears. In good condition for its age.