What: Christie’s auction titled “Old Master Drawings”Where: 20, Rockefeller Center, New YorkWhen: January 24, 2pm (Lots 1-131)Public viewing: January 23, 10am - 5pmTop lots of the sale:* “A hunter with his dog in a landscape,” by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), point of the brush and brown ink, scraping, fragmentary watermark crest surmounted by a cross. Estimate: US$ 600,000 - US$ 800,000* “Scipio Africanus welcomed outside the gates of Rome, after Giulio Romano,” by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash. Estimate: US$ 500,000 - US$ 700,000 * “A group of figures standing by a column,” by Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, il Parmigianino (1503-1540), pen and brown ink, brown wash. Estimate: US$ 200,000 - US$ 300,000* “A nude youth sprawled on his back, upon a bank, lying on a standard,” by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754), black and white chalk, stumping, on blue (faded) paper. Estimate: US$ 200,000 - US$ 300,000* “Head of a young man, his right hand against his cheek,” Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), red and white chalk with stumping on blue paper. Estimate: US$ 180,000 - US$ 220,000* “Dancers in a wood,” by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788), pencil, black chalk and grey wash. Estimate: US$ 150,000 - US$ 200,000* “View near Sallanches, Savoy,” by John Robert Cozens (1752-1799), pencil and watercolor. Estimate: US$ 100,000 - US$ 150,000* “A male nude in a contemplative pose (recto); Study of a man (verso),” by Johann Heinrich Füssli, Henry Fuseli, R.A. (1741-1825), pencil, pen and brown ink, brown, ochre and rose wash. Estimate: US$ 80,000 - US$ 120,000* “A lagoon capriccio with a ruined tower, a tent and other buildings,” by Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash. Estimate: US$ 80,000 - US$ 120,000* “Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, after Raphael; and Mary Magdalen in the Desert, after Orazio Gentileschi,” by Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670), traces of black chalk, bodycolor and gum Arabic on vellum laid down on panel. Estimate: $70,000 - $100,000— For details, visit www.christies.com
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