GHERARDO CIBO | A ROCKY LANDSCAPE WITH TREES

GHERARDO CIBO
Genoa 1512 - 1600 Rocca Contrada
A ROCKY LANDSCAPE WITH TREES

Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on blue paper;
dated in pen and brown ink, upper left: da qui f. g. 13. f / genarro 1570. inscribed, upper right: rippone o fossatto sotto i prati di me[sser] / signmondo: li.3.f.7re. 1569. and numbered, upper right: :12.
further inscribed and dated in brown ink, verso: Arbori co le radi...piene di barbe sottili. ...M[esser]. / fosso sotto la fonte di Me[sser] s...duccio DD 20.. / agosto 1569. presente M[ess]r. paolo Ardoino. E qui / ...li 14. di gennaio.1570
142 by 218 mm; 5½ by 8½ in

Condition Report:
Hinge mounted to a modern cream mount. The edges of the sheet are somewhat uneven and there is some surface dirt to the extremities. There is a small pin prick hole to the lower right and left corners. The work remains in fundamentally good condition with the blue paper retaining much of its original color. Sold unframed.

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