LOT DETAILS
Materials:
pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
Measurements:
7.72 in. (19.60 cm.) (height) by 10.51 in. (26.70 cm.) (width)
Markings:
inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower centre: Ecci Poeti / ecceni / Ocomincia / La F, and 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.