LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Red chalk

Measurements:

11.61 in. (29.50 cm.) (height) by 8.82 in. (22.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

bears recent attribution in black chalk on the backing sheet: Domenichino

Exhibited:

London, S. & A. Woodburn,. The Lawrence Gallery. Sixth Exhibition. A Catalogue of One Hundred Original Drawings by Ludovico, Agostino, & Annibal Carracci, 1836, probably. no. 57, (as Annibale: 'PORTRAIT OF A YOUTH - probably Antonio Carracci; red chalk, delicately handled. Size, 10 1/4 inches by 8 1/4 inches. From the Collection of R. Hudson, Esq. and Lord Spencer' ); . New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, . William and Mary and Their House, 1979-80, p. 13, pp. 137-138, no. 118 (as Annibale Carracci), reproduced fig. 118;. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, . Willem II and Anna Pavlovna. Royal Splendour at the Netherlands Court, 2013-14, also shown, with different titles, at Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum (. Willem II - . Kunstkoning ) and Luxembourg, Villa Vauban, Musée d`Art de la Ville de Luxembourg (. Une Passion Royale Pour l'Art: Guillaume II des Pays-Bas et Anna Pavlovna ),. catalogue by Sander Paarlberg and Henk Slechte, p. 278, no. 176 (as Annibale Carracci), reproduced fig. 176

Provenance:

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445);. from whose estate acquired by Samuel Woodburn (probably Sixth Woodburn/Lawrence exhibition, 1836, no. 57, as Annibale);. from whom acquired, probably in 1838, by Prince William of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849),. his sale, The Hague, 12-20 August 1850, lot 93 (as Annibale, 45 florins, bought by the family through Roos),. by inheritance to the present owner