Giuseppe Bernardino BISON
Two Elegantly Dressed Ladies Holding Flowers
Epoque 1750-1850, 18th century, 19th century
Origine Italy
Medium Pen, Brown ink and wash, Touches of red, yellow, green wash, Underdrawing in black chalk
Dimension 24.1 x 19.4 cm (9¹/₂ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
Among stylistically comparable works in watercolour by Bison is a study of the head of a woman in a private collection, and a drawing of a woman seated on a rock, sold at auction in London in 1981. Also similar are watercolour drawings of Four Peasants in Conversation in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan and The Family of the Fisherman in a private collection.
Epoque: 1750-1850, 18th century, 19th century
Origine: Italy
Medium: Pen, Brown ink and wash, Touches of red, yellow, green wash, Underdrawing in black chalk
Signature: Numbered 10.x and inscribed N(?)14 - Par Tomas Lawrence on the verso.
Dimension: 24.1 x 19.4 cm (9¹/₂ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 28 January 1998, lot 58
P. & D. Colnaghi, London, in 1998
Private collection, London.
Literature: Adriano Cera, ed., Disegni, acquarelli, tempere di artisti italiani dal 1770 ca. al 1830 ca., Bologna, 2002, Vol.I, unpaginated, Bison no.28.
Exhibition: New York and London, Colnaghi, Master Drawings, 1998, no.35.
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