Late 18th Century SICILIAN SCHOOL

( 1750 - 1800)

Designs for a Trompe l'Oeil Wall Decoration

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Watercolour, pen and grey ink and grey wash.
Inscribed with a scale labeled Scala di Palmi dieci Siciliani at the upper left.
472 x 288 mm. (18 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Attributions to the Sicilian architects Andrea Giganti (1737-1878) or Elia Interguglielmi (1746-1835) have been tentatively suggested.



Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 22 April 1998, lot 336 (as Italian School, 18th Century) P. & D. Colnaghi, London, in 1998 Private collection, Florida, until 2012.

Late 18th Century SICILIAN SCHOOL

Designs for a Trompe l'Oeil Wall Decoration