LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and brown ink and wash over red and black chalk, heightened with white, within red chalk and pen and brown ink framing lines

Measurements:

11.97 in. (30.40 cm.) (height) by 16.50 in. (41.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

bears pencil inscription on the old backing, verso: Possibly late Venetian

Exhibited:

Newcastle, 1974, no. 20 (as Circle of Cesare Nebbia); London, 1975, no. 14 (as Circle of Cesare Nebbia ); Newcastle, 1982, no. 12 (as Circle of Cesare Nebbia )

Literature:

M. Pulini, 'L'antinaturalismo di Andrea Lilio,' Studi di Storia dell'Arte, 12, 2001, p. 65;; idem., Andrea Lilio, Milan 2003, p. 217, no. 46, reproduced (cropped image), and p. 230, under no. 7

Provenance:

Brian Westwood;; sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 March 1968, lot 15 (as Circle of Cesare Nebbia), purchased by Ralph Holland