Maestri – Amor poetico

Michelangelo Maestri (Rome, c. 1779–1812)

AMOR POETICO

Circa 1800

Gouache on heavy laid paper, 24.4 x 31.7 cm (sheet size: 32.8 x 39.9)

Titled at the bottom centre and inscribed and signed on the left and right: Raf. Sanz. Urb. Inv., MichAng. Maestri, face in Roma

Provenance: Bernheimer Collection, Munich;

Sotheby’s, London, Bernheimer Sale, 25 November 2015



After Raphael’s frescoes in Cardinal Bibbiena’s bathroom in the Vatican