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