18th Sep, 2024 12:00

Old Masters & 19th Century Art
 
Lot 267
 

BERTEL THORVALDSEN (DANISH, 1770-1844)

BERTEL THORVALDSEN (DANISH, 1770-1844)
Chiron teaching Archilles to Play the Lyre
ink on laid paper laid down on carrier paper
19 x 23.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)
overall mounted: 40.9 x 44.1 cm (16 x 17 3/8 in.)

Provenance
Collection Carl Mayer von Rothschild (Frankfurt 1788-1855 Naples
Thence by decent

See for comparison the series of Chiron/Achilles/Lyre in the Thorvaldsen Museum - Cat Nos - C498v; C498r; C502; C503r; C514; C524v; C1044 and the Riepenhausen etching - E90.

Sold for £2,268

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