LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black and white chalk on blue paper,

Measurements:

7.83 in. (19.90 cm.) (height) by 11.81 in. (30.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with inscription 'lomi' in the l.l. corner

Literature:

L. Turcic and M. Newcome, 'Drawings by Aurelio Lomi', Paragone, September 1991, no. 29. C. Romalli in Dessins de la collection Christian et Isabelle Adrien, exhib. cat., Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, 2012, p. 49, under no. 9, note 7.

Provenance:

An anonymous 17th or 18th Century Florentine collection, possibly Giuseppe Santini. Possibly Comte Eugène d'Oultremont (1845-1916), Chateau de Presles, Aiseau-Presle, Belgium and by descent. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 1985, lot 190.