i) Il primo a traversarlo fu l'Ippogrifo quando portò Ruggero... ii) ... Ma quasi in grembo a Ruggero

Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) i) Il primo a traversarlo fu l'Ippogrifo quando portò Ruggero... ii) ... Ma quasi in grembo a Ruggero i) signed and inscribed 'g. de Chirico Il primo a traversarlo fu l'Ippogrifo quando porto Ruggero.....' (on the artist's mount) ii) signed and inscribed 'g. de Chirico.....Ma quasi in grembo a Ruggero.' (on the artist's mount) each watercolour and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount i) image: 8 ¼ x 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.5 cm.) artist's mount: 10 ½ x 8 in. (26.8 x 20.2 cm.) ii) image: 8 ¼ x 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.5 cm.) artist's mount: 10 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (25.7 x 16.2 cm.) (2)Executed circa 1940-1941