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Lot 692

Circle of Speeckaert drawing Reconciliation Pope and Barbarossa

Estimate: $1,400 - $2,000

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Speeckaert, Circle of Hans (Jan) (Flemish, active in Italy c.1540-1577), The Reconciliation of Pope Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa, (after Salviati's c. 1565 Vatican Fresco for the Sala Regia), pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, 15.5 x 17.25 inches, bears the armorial bookplate of Milford and and ink inscription on the reverse No. 399, with an indecipherable watermark, additionally on the reverse there are old pencil sketches in an unknown hand that appear to show a Mother and Child scene. Provenance: Rifkin-Young Fine Arts, Riverdale N.Y.; The Estate of Marc and Lillian Raeff, Tenafly N.J. , Framed in a gilded wood drawing frame and matching filet measuring 25 x 27 inches, The subject is the dramatic moment when The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa surrenders to The Pope in Venice. Barbarossa kisses the Pope's foot while The Venetian Doge looks on after having arranged the prisoner trade of Barbarossa' Son Otto in exchange for ending 17 years of a dispute in 1177.
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