Circle of Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574). Battle scene with pikebearers, pen, brown ink and brown wash, inscribed verso 'Matteo Rosselli / Vasari for fresco / Pal Vecchio' in pencil, on laid paper backed with laid paper, a few losses to the paper not affecting the main body of the subject, a central vertical crease inherent to paper production, sheet size 24.5 x 27.3 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/4 ins), framed and glazed (41.5 x 43.5 cm) Provenance: Private collection, Warwickshire, England. The present work may derive from Vasari's well-known frescoes of battle scenes in the Salone dei Cinquecento (or Hall of the 500) in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, executed in the 1560s.
Circle of Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574). Battle scene with pikebearers, pen, brown ink and brown wash, inscribed verso 'Matteo Rosselli / Vasari for fresco / Pal Vecchio' in pencil, on laid paper backed with laid paper, a few losses to the paper not affecting the main body of the subject, a central vertical crease inherent to paper production, sheet size 24.5 x 27.3 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/4 ins), framed and glazed (41.5 x 43.5 cm) Provenance: Private collection, Warwickshire, England. The present work may derive from Vasari's well-known frescoes of battle scenes in the Salone dei Cinquecento (or Hall of the 500) in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, executed in the 1560s.
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