two drawings with studies of spandrels with sitting warriors, genoese school, end of 16th century

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A beautiful draughtsmanship, concise and vivacious, characterizes these two Genoese studies, in the wake of the Galeria dei eroi painted by Perino del Vaga in Palazzo Doria.

Two drawings with studies of spandrels with sitting warriors, genoese school, end of 16th century.

Genoese school, end of 16th century

Two drawings : Studies of spandrels with sitting warriors

Inscribed and numbered with black chalk P.del vaga at the lower centre and n°13 lower left (1) Numbered 33 upper left (2).

Pen and brown ink, brown wash.

132 x 147 mm – 5,2 x 5,79 in. ; 131 x 132 mm – 5,16 x 5,2 in. (Une paire).

Condition report – Both sheet partially pasted on cardboard. Ornamental drawings by another hand are partially visible on the verso. Two slight vertical creases at the centre and on the right. A small hole in the centre (1); a vertical folding on the left edge and two small tears in the middle of the upper and lower edges (2).