ubaldo gandolfi
italian
1728-1781
a sleeping roman legionary
oil on paper laid down on card
9 x 13 inches
sold at christie's london, 2010
estimate
40-60,000 gbp
hammer price
373,250 gbp
estimate and hammer included to denote the recognized rarity of this strikingly singular and intimate image
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:preparatory sketch for a sleeping soldier in the artist's large scale fresco, Resurrection, painted in a chapel of the Portico di San Luca, Bologna:
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were you there
were you there-lovely choral version
african american spiritual, 19th century
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when i survey the wondrous cross
isaac watts, 1707
considered 'the father of english hymnody'; credited with having written over 600 hymns
-a marble mural monument was dedicated to his memory: south choir, westminster abbey-
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:preparatory sketch for a sleeping soldier in the artist's large scale fresco, Resurrection, painted in a chapel of the Portico di San Luca, Bologna:
~
were you there
were you there-lovely choral version
african american spiritual, 19th century
~
when i survey the wondrous cross
isaac watts, 1707
considered 'the father of english hymnody'; credited with having written over 600 hymns
-a marble mural monument was dedicated to his memory: south choir, westminster abbey-
✝
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