LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk

Measurements:

7.72 in. (19.60 cm.) (height) by 10.59 in. (26.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

bears old attribution, in red chalk, verso: Stef della Bella

Literature:

F. Viatte, 'Allegorical and Burlesque Subjects by Stefano della Bella',. Master Drawings , vol. XV, no. 4, 1977, p. 354

Provenance:

Possibly Ferdinand de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany;. The Marquess of Cholmondeley;. sale, London, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83;. Purchased from Hans Calmann, July 1941.