LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Black chalk, some pen and ink sketches at the top

Measurements:

8.27 in. (21.00 cm.) (height) by 8.86 in. (22.50 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

New York et al., The American Federation of Arts, Old Master Drawings, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, 1969-70, no. 7 (as Polidoro da Caravaggio), reproduced;. Seattle, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, The Classical Tradition, 1982-83

Literature:

J.A. Gere, 'Some Early Drawings by Pirro Ligorio,' Master Drawings, vol. IX, no. 3 (1971), pp. 242-244, and p. 249, note 15, reproduced, pl. 6a;. Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, exhib. cat., Berlin 1999, p. 409, reproduced;. The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, exhib.cat., Berlin 1999, p. 409, reproduced

Provenance:

Richard Cosway (L.629); . A.F. Cresswell;. E.A. Wrangham,. his sale and others, London, Sotheby's, 1 July 1965, lot 8 (as Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio);. purchased at the sale by Lester Francis Avnet;. With Phyllis Hattis Fine Art, New York,. from whom acquired by the late Jan Krugier in 1990