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PIETRO ZANINI (ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY?)
Design for a cannon with the arms of Bologna
signed and inscribed ‘Pietro Zanini’ (lower center) and ‘Del Seco.do: Genere Mezzo Canone Moderno Rinforzato
Accolubrinato di Bocche 24’ (upper center) and ‘Scala di: 90: Ottavi Diametro della Bo.ca’ (upper right) and ‘vento
della Palla’ (lower right) and ‘LIBERTAS’ (twice)
pen and brown ink, brown wash
8¡ x 47 in. (21.2 x 119.3 cm)
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, South Kensington, 9 August 1995, lot 98.

This impressively large and rare design for a cannon is signed by the otherwise unknown Pietro Zanini, possibly
a founder. The presence of the arms of the city of Bologna suggest his activity was located in Emilia. Cannons
similar to the one depicted here are described and illustrated in L’artiglieria di Pietro Sardi Romano divisa in tre
libri, published in Venice in 1621.

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FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
A study of the head of a horse
black chalk heightened with white, on brown wove paper
16Ω x 10Ω in. (42 x 27 cm)
$2,000-3,000

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