Lot 6
  • 6

Roman School, 17th Century

Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Study of a female head, after the Antique, seen in profile with a separate study of an eye
  • Red chalk;
    bears old attribution in pen and red ink on the mount:  Carlo
  • 7¾in by 5in

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Junior (L.2170), his original mount

Literature

Anthony Denney, Burton Hall, privately published, 1950, photographed in the Stone Drawing Room

Condition

Laid down on orginal Richardson mount. Sheet relatively clean, some surface dirt. Red chalk fresh and strong. Sold in a gilded frame with decorative beading.
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