LOT DETAILS

Materials:

red chalk

Measurements:

17.01 in. (43.20 cm.) (height) by 11.22 in. (28.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

watermark encircled lily with letters 'A', 'G' and 'G' above and 'F' beneath

Literature:

M.I. Lange, 'Between Mola and Cortona: origins and development of Antonio Gherardi's pictorial style and religious imagery', Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia, Series altera in 8o 1, 1981, p. 354, figs. 27-28.

Provenance:

Unidentified collector's mark, 'O' (not in Lugt). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 October 1984, lot 513.