LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black and red chalk, brown and grey wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized)

Measurements:

11.89 in. (30.20 cm.) (height) by 9.84 in. (25.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated and inscribed 'G Cades 1778/ ritratti de principi Borghese nella loro fanciullezza./ PAOLO V.' and 'Facata di S. Pietro di Roma'; watermark bend with a fleur-de-lys

Condition:

the heads of the boys cut out and laid down