Roman School (18th century), and probably workshop of Stefan...

Hammer

£500

Roman School (18th century), and probably workshop of Stefano Pozzi Galatea, after Raphael red chalk on paper 47 × 36cm Provenance: Private Collection The reverse bearing two paper labels, one inscribed with the story of Galatea and another, inItalian, identifying the work as a ''copy of the original by Raphael d'Urbino Made by [blank] with the assistance of Mr Stefano Pozzi 1755'' The present lot likely originates from the Roman workshop of the painter Stefano Pozzi, who is mentioned on the reverse of the frame. At one point in his career Pozzi held the position of official painter of the Vatican, and also that of Custode delle Pitture, responsible for maintaining and restoring works in the Vatican collections, including the frescoes of Raphael's stanze, which means Pozzi was certainly intimately familiar with the master's work. A small drawing of the Triumph of Galatea by Pozzi is in the art collection of the State of Maryland (acc. no. MSA SC 4680-13-0408), indicating that the artist certainly worked on this subject at least one other time.