LOT DETAILS

Materials:

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash

Measurements:

5.83 in. (14.80 cm.) (height) by 7.64 in. (19.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with inscription in pencil 'N. Poussin' (verso); watermark coat of arms with bees

Exhibited:

Pittsburgh, Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh Collects: European Drawings, 1500 to 1800, 2004-2005, no. 35 (entry by E. Kraus Roth)

Literature:

A. Sutherland Harris, 'New Drawings by Andrea Sacchi: Addenda', The Burlington Magazine, vol. 120, no. 906, September 1978, p. 601, fig. 81.

Provenance:

William Mayor, London (d. 1874) (L. 2799). Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 April 1977, lot 27 (as circle of Nicolas Poussin).