LOT DETAILS
Materials:
pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk, within partial black chalk framing lines
Measurements:
5.71 in. (14.50 cm.) (height) by 10.63 in. (27.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
bears old attribution, in black chalk, verso: Stef della Bella
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy,. The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 281.
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.