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Italian School Laid Paper Murals After RAPHAEL #2382086

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Italian School Laid Paper Murals After RAPHAEL #2382086
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Included here are two stunning, Italian School mural paintings from the late 18th to early 19th century, created on laid paper after the fresco murals that decorate the ceiling vaults and spandrels in the garden loggia in the Villa Farnesina in Rome Italy. Method is watercolor, bodycolor (gouache) with pen and ink. Chain lines are noticeable on verso. Each show extraordinarily fine detail throughout. Old glazed frames have protected these works for at least one hundred years. We've photographed one painting inside its frame. The other was removed from its frame (which is identical to the other) for photography. Both are in very good condition with light foxing visible on the front. Frames measure 12 3/8" by 26 5/8" and the sheets each measure approximately 14 1/4" by 28 1/2". Each appears to have been trimmed slightly and they may have originally been joined or come from a larger work. They may have been intended to serve as wallpaper borders, or simply created as individual works of art. We have been told by an experienced collector that these paintings may be by Klotilda (Clothilda) Breilmaier, whose paintings reside in the Vatican collection.



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The Villa Farnesina one of the most important Renaissance villas in all of Italy due to its architectural and artistic influences. Located in Via della Lungara in the central district of Trastevere in Rome, it was built between 1506 and 1510 by Agostino Chigi, a rich Sienese ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:18th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Italian School Laid Paper Murals After RAPHAEL</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York, NY</td></tr>
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