Giorgio Vas

(Arezzo 1511 - 1574 Florence)

The Dispute of Saint Catherine with Emperor Maxentius

Pen and brown ink and light brown wash over black chalk, within partial brown ink framing lines, arched top;

extensively inscribed by the artist in brown ink, verso, with lists of artists' names and dates related to the 1550 edition of Vasari's Lives 200 by 108 mm; 7%8 by 4¼ in.

Condition Report

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Provenance

Private collection;

sale, London, Christie's, 8 April 1986, lot 24;

Dr. George Goldner, Los Angeles; with Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel, Munich and London, Drawing in Florence, 1500-1650, 1991, no.ari